"Catastrophe and desire are linked in our lives as the moon is linked to that reflected light from the sun which enables the eye to see it."

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Source : Herbert Gold (1971). “The Magic Will: Stories & Essays”, p.30, Transaction Publishers

Herbert Gold

#Eye Quotes #Moon Quotes #Light Quotes

“The visions of the INFJs tend to concern human welfare, and their contributions are likely to be made independent of a mass movement.”

Source : Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers (2010). “Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type”, p.115, Hachette UK
“Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.”
“Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.”
“As a teacher with over thirty years of experience, I've found that students are hungry for material that goes beyond simply learning tune after tune. In fact, my students suggested a good portion of the material presented here. This lesson should be an indispensable aid to the aspiring bluegrass banjoist.”
“Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.”
“...Love isn’t saying, I love you but calling to say, did you eat”
“I've always seen myself as the person listening to alternative music and all that - generic indie person. I always tried to be the least pretty I could be.”
“The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.”

Source : "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook K 68, 1799.

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