"Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. Itâ€™s the inability to relate to another human being. Itâ€™s the inability to love."

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Source : Richard Yates (2010). “Revolutionary Road”, p.290, Random House

Richard Yates

#Insane Quotes #Definitions Quotes #Inability Quotes

“When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film.”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As if some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--Only this and nothing more.”
“Early bird Oh, if youâ€™re a bird, be an early bird And catch the worm for your breakfast plate. If youâ€™re a bird, be an early birdâ€” But if youâ€™re a worm, sleep late.”
“I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.”

Source : Journal, 1922
“Organization is the Devil's work.”
“The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains are not the cold facts of life, but how we perceive them. That's really who we are.”
“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!”

Source : Belva Plain (2009). “Evergreen”, p.296, Dell
“Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer.”

Source : Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (1865). “Outlines of Theology”, p.238

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