"Tongues wrangled dark at a man. He buttoned his overcoat and stood alone. In a snowstorm, red hollyberries, thoughts, he stood alone."

-- Carl Sandburg

#Dark Quotes #Men Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”
“If a man successful in business expends a part of his income in things of no real use, while the poor employed by him pass through difficulties in getting the necessaries of life, this requires his serious attention.”

Source : John Woolman (1838). “A Journal of the Life and Travels of John Woolman: In the Service of the Gospel”, p.314
“When the term Christian or even Protestant is used, it seldom refers to any particularly evangelical doctrine or way of life. More often it refers to a religion accepted by the large majority, which assures them that God is not so much a Lord who demands obedience as a handyman who is available whenever we need help.”
“The evening was very professionally organized, and most of the people were exceptionally polite, although it did make me a little nervous when one church official told me after the debate when a big crowd of people surrounded me that he had assigned me a body guard "just in case." Just in case what? I thought Christians were suppose to be exceptionally tolerant. Well, in any case, I guess I was grateful for the gesture, "just in case."”
“If it makes you happy It can't be that bad If it makes you happy Then why the hell are you so sad”

Source : Song: If It Makes You Happy, Album: Sheryl Crow, 1996
“If art could be absolutely verified as to importance in, say, the way gold can be judged for purity and weight, then it would of course be finished as mythic activity. Free of doubt, controversy, and the inexplicable fluctuation of reputation, art-making would bear the same relationship to creativity as cake mix does to baking.”
“Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“Someone once told me years ago that there was nothing so dead as a warmed-over love affair.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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