"He rocked in the swells, floating like the first germ of life adrift on the earth's cooling seas, formless macule of plasm trapped in a vapor drop and all creation yet to come."

-- Cormac McCarthy

#Sea Quotes #Vapor Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.”
“Sick in my soul I tried to face the ordeal of seeking forgiveness. From whom? What God, what Christ? They were myths I once believed and now they were beliefs I felt were myths.”

Source : John Fante (2014). “The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill”, p.520, Canongate Books
“Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.”

Source : "Meditation: Insights and Inspiration". Book by Amit Ray, 2010.
“The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.”
“Queen and huntress, chaste and fair Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light Goddess, excellently bright.”
“Germany suffered most as a consequence of this Peace Treaty and the general insecurity which was bound to arise from it.Â The unemployment figure rose to a third of the number usually employed in the nation, which means, however, that by counting the families of the unemployed as well there were 26 million people in Germany out of a population of 65 millions faced by an absolutely hopeless future.”
“The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.”
“I come from more of a sculptural background so I think of the form before anything else.”

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