"I saw the dead without really seeing them."

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Source : Ernst Toller (1934). “I was a German: the autobiography of Ernst Toller”

Ernst Toller

“Dad loves my stuff. No matter how many times my voice cracks or I miss a tap, he doesn't care. He's like some businessman making it to his kid's recital.”
“A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.”
“I thought Obama was brilliant. He's so informed. He's circumspect. He's articulate. He's thoughtful. Well, I think in my lifetime, there's never been anything like it.”
“A man really believes not what he recites in his creed, but only the things he is ready to die for.”

Source : Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.62, David C Cook
“It's not illegal to be an asshole.”

Source : «Ariel Pink» by Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. September 9, 2014.
“Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.”
“I’d take Bieber to the woodshed and spank him. His manager Scooter Braun is scared sh-tless. I don’t know what Bieber’s problem is. His career is over in three years anyway.”
“It's important to show solidarity for a child, no matter what. It's important for a child to be raised in a situation where she sees love, solidarity, commitment and honor.”

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