"Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?"

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Source : Daniel Keyes (2007). “Flowers for Algernon”, p.252, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Daniel Keyes

#Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.”
“Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.”

Source : Asa Gray (1973). “Letters of Asa Gray”
“I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.”
“I -- I alone know how to mourn for him as he deserves.' But while we were still shaking hands, such a look of awful desolation came upon her face that I perceived she was one of those creatures that are not the playthings of Time. For her he had died only yesterday. And, by Jove! the impression was so powerful that for me, too, he seemed to have died only yesterday -- nay, this very minute. I saw her and him in the same instant of time -- his death and her sorrow -- I saw her sorrow in the very moment of his death. Do you understand? I saw them together -- I heard them together.”
“I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry”
“In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.”
“The people who work in the fashion industry and the people who work in the film industry have a lot in common. They're very creative. Their eye is very aesthetic.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.”

Source : Thomas Love Peacock (1829). “The misfortunes of Elphin, by the author of Headlong hall”, p.89

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