"I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools..."

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Source : Claude McKay, William J. Maxwell (2004). “Complete Poems”, p.348, University of Illinois Press

Claude McKay

#Loneliness Quotes #Dark Quotes #Differences Quotes

“I am certainly very pro-Europe.”
“I equate inspiration with desire Â– the desire that moves us to be artists in the first place. To attempt to make a painting without this motivation is a waste of time.”
“I have two rules for living in the world. I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere. And two, if people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.”
“The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft; and gathering swallows twitter in the skies.”
“Dear doctor, you must not only let the patient tells his story, but you should also try to understand it.”
“I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.”
“It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes".”
“Story of O is a fairy tale for another world, a world where some part of me lived for a long time, a world that no longer exists except between the covers of a book.”

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