"The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark."

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Source : Nancy Hale (1957). “Heaven and Hardpan Farm”

Nancy Hale

#Dark Quotes #Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.”
“Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state.”
“I used to have the Range Rover LR3, which I loved very, very much.”
“You must learn to save first and spend afterwards.”
“Never measure yourself against magazine covers. Every 'perfect' body you see in a bikini is a result of weeks of dieting and exercise. And airbrushing.”
“Superstitions add texture to life.”
“I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people I honor and respect; return home at day break with my brain in a state which was never intended for it; and arise in the middle of the next day feeling infinitely more, in spirit and flesh like a Liliputian, than a woman with body and soul. Entry (when she was eighteen) in her Commonplace Book, 1868-1869.”
“Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape which conforms to the principles of natural history, I certainly know of none... If I were to call man ape or vice versa, I should bring down all the theologians on my head. But perhaps I should still do it according to the rules of science.”

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