"When does one ever know a human being? Perhaps only after one has realized the impossibility of knowledge and renounced the desire for it and finally ceased to feel even the need of it. But then what one achieves is no longer knowledge, it is simply a kind of co-existence; and this too is one of the guises of love."

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Source : Iris Murdoch (1961). “Under the Net: A Novel”

Iris Murdoch

#Desire Quotes #Doe Quotes #Needs Quotes

“After I'd preached a message on Sunday night, I'd print it up.”
“Go out and do something. It isnâ€™t your room thatâ€™s a prison, itâ€™s yourself.”
“The art of illusion is grace itself.”
“Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people”
“I think anything thats creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that Im going through in my life. If youre going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, its a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.”
“I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they're my heroes.”
“Chennai is such a beautiful place to perform in. The city is lovely, and the people, even more so.”
“I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews.”

Source : "Skylar Grey on Her New Album, Eminem's Mystique and Why She Almost Quit Music (Q&A)". Interview with Steve Baltin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 9, 2013.

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