"Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and howling to get out"

-- R. A. Lafferty

#Learning Quotes #Topography Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“I always want to remain positive. In our long history, Iran has been invaded by so many other countries and despite it all, the Iranian identity has survived. People are very courageous, especially the women, who are braver than the men.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Sometimes, I think, our impulses come not from the past, but from the future.”
“to grow old is to have taken away, one by one, all gifts of life, the food and wine, the music and the company. ... the gods unloose, one by one, the mortal fingers that cling to the edge of the table.”

Source : Storm Jameson (1926). “Three kingdoms”
“I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made up, not highly rouged. Holding back, not exposing everything and, of course, with a flavor that lasts.”
“We [americans] have earned the moral authority, at least compared to anybody else in the world...”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“There is no God found stronger than death; and death is a sleep.”

Source : Algernon Charles Swinburne (1868). “Poems and Ballads”, p.84
“New conditions of life will stimulate thought and give new forms to its expression.”
“We're going to start walking again. We can't stand still, you know. Not as long as we're still alive.”

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