"Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!"

-- Knut Hamsun

#Opportunity Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Religion is not an experiment, it is an experience of life through which one is part of the cosmic adventure.”
“A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.”
“I talked to ex-wives of musicians of the '70s for research. They're the funniest people in the world, yet there is this sad, beautiful thing in their eyes that says they've seen more than they could ever possibly tell you”
“Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.”

Source : Maximilien Robespierre (2007). “Virtue and Terror”, New Left Books
“The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans.”
“It's not so much that the old friend is a better friend. It's just that you know the person better, and you know they don't really care if you're acting like a poor, grovelling idiot. They know you would do the same for them.”
“After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.”
“But, yeah, I'm really happy when I'm writing. When I'm being creative and when I have something that I can put down. You know, if you go out and you overhear a conversation or you have a thought, you have a receptacle to go home and say, 'Oh, this would be great in this script.' Your antenna's out in a different way, and I love that time.”

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