"...along with the other animals, the stones, the trees, and the clouds, we ourselves are characters within a huge story that is visibly unfolding all around us, participants within the vast imagination, or Dreaming, of the world."

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Source : David Abram (2012). “The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World”, p.163, Vintage

David Abram

#Dream Quotes #Character Quotes #Animal Quotes

“When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people .”
“For one day there will be nothing left, yet we will have something. -me- I tried to wait for my life to begin. Something has to happen. Like an amazing boy. I know he's out there. I just have to find him.”
“The joy in catching butterflies is the joy of capturing - for an instant - utter beauty. The satisfaction of being able to let it go is immense.”
“Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your toes.”
“What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?”

Source : Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett
“Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”
“Our relationship with food -- how, when, what and why we eat -- is a direct expression of our underlying feelings, thoughts and beliefs about ourselves. It has to do with stances we take that get reflected not only in our relationship with food, but in all our relationships. It just so happens that the relationship with food causes enough conflict, grief, shame and hurt that we're willing to look at it.”
“As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.”

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