"Forgetfulness, the unhistorical, is ... the atmosphere, in which alone life can come into being. In order to understand it, let us imagine a youth who is seized with a passion for a woman, or a man who is swayed by a passion for his work. In both cases what lies behind them has ceased to exist and yet this state (the most unhistorical that can be imagined) is that in which every action, every great deed is conceived and accomplished."

-- Georg Brandes

#Lying Quotes #Passion Quotes #Men Quotes

“So much of reading and writing to me is about being elsewhere, no matter how much I love where I am.”
“Statistically, Portland, Oregon has the most street kids, like kids that run away from home and live on the street. Its like a whole culture thing there. If you walk around on the streets, there are kids living on the streets, begging for money, but its almost like a cool thing. They all just sit around and play music and squat.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I listen to my spirit guide.”
“Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. [Lat., Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter tamen causa virtutem est.]”
“You play Bach your way, and Iâ€™ll play him his way.”
“...the horrific fact that our lives and those of the people we love are impermanent and exquisitely fragile, that any of us can cease to exist without warning, that loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment. (20)”

Source : Keith Russell Ablow, MD (2007). “Psychopath: A Novel”, p.13, St. Martin's Press
“Falling in love is not a choice. To stay in love is. We fall in love with someone for a reason. That reason is either temporary or permanent.”
“Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.”

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