"It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else could fathom, were in fact the basis of a recognized philosophy. Some part of you felt intimately invaded, threatened; some other part fell to its knees and sobbed in gratitude that it was no longer alone."

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Source : Poppy Z. Brite (1997). “Exquisite Corpse”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

Poppy Z. Brite

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“Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.”
“I liked rock music going back to the '60s, but I never ever had any desire to be a rock musician and when I started doing a band it was experimental music.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!”

Source : William Brighty Rands (1871). “Lilliput Lectures”, p.23
“A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that.”
“The minute you stop expecting life to be simple, fair and easy... it becomes simple, fair and easy.”
“I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.”
“The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.”
“The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first.”

Source : Song: The Bravest Man In The Universe, Album: The Bravest Man In The Universe, 2012

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