"When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life."

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Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

Jack Abbott

#Night Quotes #Subjectivity Quotes #Ghost Quotes

“My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life.”

Source : "Crush of the Week: Kelly Blatz". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 9, 2010.
“In a city a man may feel second to none. But alone in the immensity of the universe, among all the creatures that preceded man and built up the human species, even a most fervent atheist will wonder if Darwin found the visible road but not the invisible mechanism.”
“President Obama is so much smarter and a better communicator than members of Congress in either party. The contrast, side by side, is almost ridiculous.”

Source : "PRUDEN: An FDR lesson Obama missed" by Wesley Pruden, www.washingtontimes.com. March 2, 2010.
“Without a body and without time, I wasn't disturbed by my ego or by the function or dysfunction of my brain and memory. And during my pure perception within the source, I had no opinion either. I didn't even have an 'I.' An opinion is tied to the ego, and the ego to the body. Without any of this, there was only objective consciousness.”
“I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment.”
“It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs.”
“I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.”
“Faith is trusting Jesus to lead us and going where He leads. What avails it to me to analyze Saratoga water, and to believe in its virtues? I must drink the water if I want its purifying power. And the soul that has not actually drunk of Christ can never be purged from sin.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 227, 1895.

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