"Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green."

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Source : Torquato Tasso, Leigh Hunt (1851). “Godfrey of Bulloigne, Or, The Recovery of Jerusalem: Done Into English Heroical Verse, from the Italian of Tasso”, p.13

Torquato Tasso

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“However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.”
“Everything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there â€” the walls and the chairs and the childrenâ€™s pictures on the walls â€” meant nothing. Every atom of it had been blasted apart and reconstituted in an instant, and its appearance of permanence and solidity was laughable; it would dissolve at a touch, for everything was suddenly tissue-thin and friable.”
“You've got to involve yourself in doing something for other people all the time. I know that sounds sentimental, but you see, ordinary people are the most generous people on Earth without question. And what I think we should do is constantly try to give as much of ourselves as we can to each other - that's the secret of happiness for all of us.”
“I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and play a lot of different kinds of music. We're getting toward the end of our business collaboration. If you could envision a record that you wanted to hear from me, what kind of record would it be?" It wasn't like asking him to fill an order, it was really just a conversation. For all the things I'd ever asked him, this was one thing I'd never asked, and I don't know why. So I was curious. And the thing that he was most interested in hearing was a solo record.”
“The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty bottle.”
“Anytime you test for a TV show, you have that bit of squeamishness entering into it because they lock you in for a number years.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.”

Source : "John Darnielle Tells the Story Behind the Mountain Goats' Biblical New LP". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. September 8, 2009.
“Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.”

Source : LEN DEIGHTON (1967). “AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE”

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