"Some degree of withdrawal serves to nurture man's creative powers. The artist and the scientist bring out of the dark void, like the mysterious universe itself, the unique, the strange, the unexpected. Numerous observers have testified upon the loneliness of the process."

-- Loren Eiseley

#Loneliness Quotes #Dark Quotes #Men Quotes

“Boys like him didn't die; they got bronzed and installed outside public libraries.”
“You hear things like, â€˜People shouldnâ€™t know about your life because youâ€™re creating an illusion on-screen.â€™ But I donâ€™t see other actresses going to great lengths to hide their heterosexuality. Thatâ€™s an unfair double standard.”
“Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.”
“I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live shows and records and YouTube, not me personally. I walk around with a hat on. People don't know it's me.”
“The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path high above rocky ground. On one side we have the descent into animalism, on the other a godhead delusion. Both pulling at us, both tempting. But without these forces tugging at your psyche, stirring it into conflict, you can never love. They awaken us, you see, these warring sides, they arouse our passion.”

Source : "The Reality Dysfunction". Book by Peter F. Hamilton, October 8, 2008.
“I encourage myself - and everyone - to focus on how you feel and take care of yourself as opposed to your waistline.”

Source : ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.”
“Anything at all is possible. Some things are unlikely. Some things will never happen. But they always could, at any time.”

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