"When I write, I make my memories tangible, and in this way I can get rid of them."

-- Jorge Semprun

#Memories Quotes #Writing Quotes #Tangible Quotes

“I think that the environmental movement is wisely moving away from a largely emotion-based argument for the spiritual or intrinsic value of Nature with a capital "N" and evolving toward a very hard-nosed case for the economic value of natural capital, ecosystem services, biodiversity, etc.”
“Every solution breeds new problems.”

Source : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.8, Penguin
“God loves happy people.”
“Waiting required a future to wait for: a falsehood. I know now that there is only now. I remember things that happened months (or what is years?) ago: old -worn-out nows. The future happens, but it is always shaped from a series of nows.”
“The present age delights in unearthing a great man's secrets; for one thing because we like to temper our admiration and also perhaps we have a vague hope of finding a clue to genius in such "revelations.”
“And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow.”
“If there comes a little thaw, Still the air is chill and raw, Here and there a patch of snow, Dirtier than the ground below, Dribbles down a marshy flood; Ankle-deep you stick in mud In the meadows while you sing, This is Spring.”

Source : Christopher Pearse Cranch (1875). “The Bird and the Bell: With Other Poems”, p.199
“There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.”

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