"What is most original in a man's nature is often that which is most desperate. Thus new systems are forced on the world by men who simply cannot bear the pain of living with what is. Creators care nothing for their systems except that they be unique. If Hitler had been born in Nazi Germany he wouldn't have been content to enjoy the atmosphere."

-- Leonard Cohen

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“An enchanted world is one that speaks to the soul, to the mysterious depths of the heart and imagination where we find value, love, and union with the world around us. As mystics of many religions have taught, that sense of rapturous union can give a sensation of fulfillment that makes life purposeful and vibrant.”
“A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.”
“Madness, and then illumination.”

Source : Orson Scott Card (2009). “Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet”, p.292, Macmillan
“Iâ€™m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.”
“Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.”

Source : "Susannah York, the gentle star of 1960s cinema, dies after battle against cancer" by Ben Quinn, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2011.
“I've always been fascinated with prostitution. I looked it up in the dictionary as a child, and I remember hearing that Jesus would hang out with prostitutes. I would always focus on the prostitutes.”
“...when you are convinced that all the exits are blocked, either you take to believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird. The miracle is that the honey is always there, right under your nose, only you were too busy searching elsewhere to realize it. The worst is not death but being blind, blind to the fact that everything about life is in the nature of the miraculous.”
“Show me a frigid woman and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.”

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