"If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church."

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Source : Charles Simic (1997). “Orphan Factory: Essays and Memoirs”

Charles Simic

#Believe Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.”
“I'm not a heartthrob. I hate that word.”
“Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians . And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of the population . But oh, how they try.”
“It's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way.”
“We attempted perfection; we wanted an object to be without flaw, so we cut the papers with a razor, pasted them down meticulously, but it buckled and was ruined... that is why we decided to tear prewrinkled paper, so that in the finished work of art imperfection would be an integral part, as if at birth death were built in.”
“Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.”
“If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.”
“I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.”

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