"The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear remain."

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Source : Christmas Humphreys (1969). “An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers”

Christmas Humphreys

#Long Quotes #Illusion Quotes #Fear Of Death Quotes

“The strength of the script, for me, was that you're really left, right till the end, to know what's happening. This seemingly perfect, happy, kooky real relationship slowly turns into something horrifying, but you get there through a filter of reality with all of it.”

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“I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.”
“You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember when we were all sitting around on a roof one night and Larry turned to me and said, "You do know I'm gay, don't you?" There was a statement made. A declaration. We just never had really talked about it.”
“Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship with men. Historically, black women have always sheltered their men because they were out there, and they were the ones that were most likely to be killed.”
“The most evil person I ever met was a toss-up between Pablo Picasso and the publisher-crook Robert Maxwell.”
“I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you.”
“Poetry is not a code to be broken but a way of seeing with the eyes shut.”
“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.”

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