"Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming."

-- Donna Tartt

#Genuine Quotes

“States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs...”

Source : H.G. Wells (2015). “A Short History of the World”, p.308, Xist Publishing
“Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.”

Source : Elsa Schiaparelli (1954). “Shocking Life”
“It seems everyone in the world is now a potential member of the paparazzi. Most of the time people ask if they can take a picture with their mobiles but increasingly they don't bother to ask.”
“It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos in English. The plots that entangle our souls and draw forth our characters are the great myths. That is why we need a sense of myth and knowledge of different myths to gain insight into our epic struggles, our misalliances, and our tragedies. Myths show the imaginative structures inside our messes, and our human characters can locate themselves against the background of the characters of myth.”

Source : James Hillman (2012). “The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life”, p.11, Ballantine Books
“In general, my paintings are multifocal. You can't call it unfocused space, but not being fixed to a single focus is very much of our time.”
“This is a perfect example of the power and ridiculousness of a website like Wikipedia. I did give a slightly contentious graduation speech, where I decided not to be funny as my classmates had hoped, which was why I was chosen. I was not valedictorian, that's for sure. Instead, I talked about the failure to communicate between the administration and the teachers and students. That's what was contentious about it. At some point, somebody wrote about that incident on my Wikipedia page. And then somebody added the bit about me exposing my genitals to the crowd.”
“A friend must not be injured, even in jest.”
“Depression catches everyone who lives long enough to be caught.”

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