"It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy."

-- Fernando Henrique Cardoso

#Democracy Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“It is what we see when we imagine what the afterlife must be like: our happiest triumphs, our most sincere moments, stolen from the seam of our lives, a respite just before the onset of imminent tragedy.”

Source : Joe Meno (2006). “The Boy Detective Fails”, p.285, Akashic Books
“The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.”
“Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant.”
“She was always like that: grateful for life itself. Her glass was not only half full, it was gold plated with a permanent refill.”

Source : Sarah Winman (2011). “When God Was a Rabbit: A Novel”, p.63, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“Italians still know how to enjoy life, even as the country seems stuck in place.”
“A ready person never needs to get ready.”
“Men have a thousand desires to a bushel of choices.”
“I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig my fists between my thighs. It is a confusing feeling - somewhere between diarrhoea and sex - this grief that is almost genital.”

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