"In certain cases, a man blind from birth may have an operation performed which gives him his sight. The result: frequently misery, confusion, disorientation. The light that illumines the madman is an unearthly light, but I do not believe it is a projection, an emanation from his mundane ego. He is irradiated by a light that is more than he. It may burn him out."

-- R. D. Laing

#Believe Quotes #Men Quotes #Sight Quotes

“Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.”
“Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate,”
“It may be that even if half consciously, we choose our personalities to maintain a certain saving balance in the family's little universe.”
“We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war.”

Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.83, Random House
“I got a lot more interested in songs that could hold up completely on their own, with just a guitar and voice. For some people that's easy to do, but I find it's really difficult.”

Source : "Grizzly Bear". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. October 3, 2012.
“You don't have to know what to say or what to do; just listen to the one who sent you.”
“If Carrie Ford wins the National I'll bare my backside to the wind, and let everyone kick it.”

Source : "Voyeurs, berets and Rip Van Winkle - the year in quotes", www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2005.
“Nothing good ever comes without a price.”

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