"Everything to do with time is hideous."

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Source : Robert Aickman (2014). “Cold Hand in Mine”, p.203, Faber & Faber

Robert Aickman

“Iâ€™m a true believer in the mental side of gymnastics â€“ the 95% mental and 5% physical. Itâ€™s totally true. As you get to an older age, at 25 years old, Iâ€™ve pretty much learned everything that I need to learn in gymnastics. Now itâ€™s, can I mentally push through the daily grind? Can I push through the small injuries and the aches and pains?”
“In a successful picture book, you always want the voice of the text to match the voice of the art; so that it seems as if the same person writing is the one illustrating and vice versa.”
“...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically in an atmosphere that contains no oxygen.”
“For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.”
“Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely. ... He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.”
“The most important eugenic policy at this time is to see that birth control is made equally available to all individuals in every class of society”
“I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.”
“The question of how and why the encrustations and rigidifications of human emotional life are brought about led directly into the realm of vegetative life.”

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