"There is a wilder solitude in winter When every sense is pricked alive and keen."

-- May Sarton

#Winter Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Alive Quotes

“Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.”

Source : Slavoj Žižek (2009). “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce”, p.109, Verso
“Elizabethâ€™s entire body started to tremble as his lips began descending to hers. and she sought to forestall what her heart knew was inevitable by reasoning with him. â€œA gently bred Englishwoman,â€ she shakily quoted Lucindaâ€™s lecture. â€œfeels nothing stronger than affection. We do not fall in love.â€ His warm lips covered hers. â€œIâ€™m a Scot,â€ he murmured huskily. â€œWe do.”
“Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or wimpier by comparison. We've raised the bar and you can't really step back.”
“Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.”

Source : Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1994). “The Flanders Panel”, Harvill Press
“It is still an act of academic heresy to regard Egypt as the cradle of civilization and originator of Jewish and Christian religious traditions.”
“To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.”
“In a way I spend my entire life stealing from everything - from the past, from cities I love, from where I grew up - grabbing things, taking not only from architecture but from Italy, art, writing, poetry, music.”
“Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.”

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