"The daemonic-divine object may appear to the mind an object of horror and dread, but at the same time it is no less something that allures with a potent charm, and the creature, who trembles before it, utterly cowed and cast down, has always at the same time the impulse to turn to it, nay even to make it somehow his own."

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Source : Rudolf Otto (1959). “The Idea of the Holy”, p.25, Ravenio Books

Rudolf Otto

#Mind Quotes #May Quotes #Horror Quotes

“The pinpoint flame of anger and grief becomes a hot needle, then a hot knife.It melts the frost that binds her lips.It melts the sea in her eyesss.(from uncorrected galley)”
“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents”
“I'd rather do a lot of movies than a TV series and do a lot of different roles than be stuck in one TV thing.”
“Variety is not everything! Viagra is!”
“I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.”
“I am not really a writer. I am just someone who is haunted, and I will write the hauntings down.”
“It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!”
“It was hard to follow my dreams... I didn't let anything stop me.”

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