"Carried by light, images remain while sensation is so evanescent as to be always beyond belief."

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Source : Rae Armantrout (2010). “Versed”, p.11, Wesleyan University Press

Rae Armantrout

#Light Quotes #Belief Quotes

“Love is its own reward....”
“Unfortunately, public debates do not have much room for subtlety. The audience wants a quick thrust at your opponent, not a slow and convoluted series of moves. Whenever Obama uses subtleties in discussing a complex issue, he gets creamed.”
“They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.”
“I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.”
“The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely.”
“Downhill's the future of the sport. Cross-country's not geared for TV. Some fat guy watching it with a beer in one hand and potato chips in the other is going to say, I can do that. America likes to see people crash.”
“Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.”

Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.27
“She had known for a long time that you had to pay for everything in life, and usually more than it was worth.”

Source : Hans Fallada (2009). “Every Man Dies Alone”, p.240, Melville House

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