"To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison."

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Robert Burchfield

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Relief Quotes

“Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.”
“My wife said, 'Can my mother come down for the weekend?' So I said, 'Why?' And she said, 'Well, she's been up on the roof two weeks already.'”

Source : "They're not laughing now". www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2003.
“The true opposite of depression is not gaiety or absence of pain, but vitality: the freedom to experience spontaneous feelings.”

Source : Alice Miller (1981). “The drama of the gifted child”, Basic Books (AZ)
“I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.”
“Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.”
“Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.”
“I wish I knew what I know now before.”

Source : Song: Baby Jane, Album: Body Wishes
“It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves”

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