"The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of unbearable nostalgia."

--

Milan Kundera

#Dazzle Quotes #Unbearable Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.”
“The Indian bowlers picked me for sledging when I was batting well. They called me school boy. But I was enjoying it and I had answered it with my bat,”
“No one should be adored, it's fundamentally immoral.”

Source : Kate Millett (1990). “The Loony-bin Trip”, p.69, University of Illinois Press
“The new national campfire - radio.”
“You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.”

Source : Lord Jim (1900) ch. 34
“Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.”
“There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.”
“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.”

Source : "Fictional character: The Wizard". "Wicked", Broadway musical, 2003.

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