"As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from afar."

-- Claire Messud

#Wise Quotes #Departure Quotes #Afar Quotes

“The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult and almost primitive.”
“All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress”
“If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.”
“Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.”
“It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor.”
“Very often I say to myself: I would like to make a photo where nothing happens. But in order to eliminate, there has to be something to begin with. For nothing to happen, something has to happen first.”
“An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.”
“Argentina is my country, my family, my way of expressing myself. I would trade all of my records for the World Cup trophy.”

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