"Most humans recognize their ruin, but they carry on regardless."

-- Leopold von Ranke

#Ruins Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Be clear, be brief, be human.”
“Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.”
“It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.”
“I later spent... five to eight months in hospitals in New Jersey, always on an involuntary basis, and always attempting a legal argument for release.”
“It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot.”
“My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.”
“Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Lonliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best thing you can do it know yourself... know what you want.”

Source : "White Oleander". www.imdb.com. 2002.
“Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!”

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