"...the darkness does not lift but becomes yet heavier as I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is constantly lapsing into oblivion with every extinguished life, how the world is, as it were, draining itself, in that the history of countless places and objects which themselves have no power or memory is never heard, never described or passed on."

-- W. G. Sebald

#Memories Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon our shoulder and this brief message will be given: "Come home.”
“Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.”

Source : FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jul 08, 2014
“Only one thing is certian about coffee.... Wherever it is grown, sold, brewed, and consumed, there will be lively controversy, strong opinions, and good conversation.”
“Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it?”
“A film causes me so many worries and such a lot of reactions that I have to love it in order to get over it and past it.”
“I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me.”
“I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.”

Source : Fanny Fern (1873). “Fanny Fern [pseud.]: A Memorial Volume. Containing Her Select Writings and a Memoir”, p.497
“In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by....”

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