"We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them."

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Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.17, 谷月社

Maurice Maeterlinck

#Loneliness Quotes #Dark Quotes #Different Quotes

“Gods have bloody hands.”
“Even when all the worlds have frozen or exploded, and all the suns gone dead and cold, there'll still be time. Oh, God, what for?”

Source : Olaf Stapledon (2013). “Odd John and Sirius”, p.244, Courier Corporation
“The consumption of alcohol is increasing among youth. Targeting young audiences, advertisers portray beer and wine as joyful, socially desirable, and harmless. Producers are promoting new types of alcoholic beverages as competitors in the huge soft-drink market. Grocery and convenience stores and gas stations stock alcoholic beverages side by side with soda pop. Can Christians who are involved in this commerce be indifferent to the physical and moral effects of the alcohol from which they are making their profits?”
“Great music is better than it can be performed.”
“If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.”

Source : Kenneth Lee Pike (1982). “Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics”
“It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.”
“I like aggressive and sexually liberated women. It's hot to me.”
“Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings - give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! . . . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.”

Source : Virginia's U.S. Constitution ratification convention, June 5, 1788.

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