"Let the peace of this day be here tomorrow when I wake up."

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Source : Thomas Pynchon (2012). “Gravity's Rainbow”, p.430, Penguin

Thomas Pynchon

#Peace Quotes #Wake Up Quotes #Tomorrow Quotes

“The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty.”
“Stupidityâ€”The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. Itâ€™s too bad that stupidity isnâ€™t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but our society thrives increasingly on stupidity. It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable. Satanists must learn to see through the tricks and cannot afford to be stupid.”
“It broke my heart when my first band split up. I was 25 and we'd been together since we were 15. But it had to happen. There was a point when I knew I had to move on.”
“The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.”
“Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.”
“For something to be great, there has to be some kind of trial or some type of struggle that actually makes it special or valuable to you. Otherwise, anything could be easily taken for granted.”
“Respect the delicate ecology of your delusions.”

Source : Tony Kushner (2013). “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition”, p.107, Theatre Communications Group
“Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or some president or slave owner's name. And, I almost wonder is this, like, is this part of a way of taking back the principle of naming your - I might be going too far into this - but naming your kids something of your choice?”

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