"It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden."

-- Anthony Hecht

#Children Quotes #Strange Quotes #Macabre Quotes

“There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.”
“The night schedule is a crazy pit I fall into most of the time, but I do like it because the buzz of normal professionalism has gone away. Even though you're working, you feel like you're playing.”
“What I live and do is music. When I'm not doing that, I'm just kicking back, watching my stocks and bonds and checks coming in the mailbox. I really don't have anything else I do. I may go to a movie or something. It's just family time and things like that.”
“You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler”
“All night I dreamt of bonfires and burn piles and ghosts of men, and spirits behind those birds of flame. I cannot tell anymore when a door opens or closes, I can only hear the frame saying, Walk through.”

Source : Ada Limón (2010). “Sharks in the Rivers”, p.7, Milkweed Editions
“We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga.”
“If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids”

Source : "Jimmy Carr: Being Funny". Video, 2011.
“The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.”

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