"Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing."

-- Evgeny Morozov

#Book Quotes #Ends Quotes #Publishing Quotes

“When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darknessâ€”I am nothing.”
“Every decision you've made will impact how things go. The player's also the architect of what happens.”
“No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline.”
“Before you touch anybody you have to make sure that you are as pure as possible. If you don't purify yourself of all the inner duality, negativity can prevail through the flow of the psyche.”
“All there really is to do now, is to be in the present Moment.”
“But time has a way of stealthily deciding a personâ€™s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.”
“Looking is not indifferent. There can never be any question of 'just looking'.”
“Sexual desire may burn like fire, but when you give a thought to when you are ill, then your excitement dies down. Fame and fortune may be sweet as candy, but when you give a thought to when you die, then their flavor is like chewing wax. Therefore, if people are usually concerned about death and illness, this can also dissolve unreal activities and develop longing for the way.”

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