"The imperfect is our paradise. Note that, in this bitterness, delight, Since the imperfect is so hot in us, Lies in flawed words and stubborn sounds."

-- Wallace Stevens

#Lying Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Delight Quotes

“Over the years I've tried to be clear about the things that are important in life, the things that matter, and I've tried to pursue them, and, I've had a certain sense of 'stickability,' hanging in there, and I suppose that's me.”
“Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve you have to win the war in your thinking first.”
“A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.”

Source : Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”
“Yeah, I think that a play is a huge commitment, and I think that what it requires of you is a lot, so it really makes you dig in and find things, and it just makes you sharp, 'cause it's live. Really, to me, it separates the men from the boys. I always say it's like the frontlines of acting, when you're on stage.”
“It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.”

Source : Let Dons Delight ch. 8 (1939)
“There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.”
“I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear.”
“I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.”

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