"Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth."

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Source : Margaret Atwood (2007). “The Blind Assassin: A Novel”, p.256, Anchor

Margaret Atwood

#Philosophy Quotes #Medicine Quotes #Sight Quotes

“When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'”
“This banjo surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.”
“Doubt can only be removed by action.”
“Wish You Were Here So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here.”
“I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliche responses. Nor does it tell the full story.”
“Daydreaming defeats practice; those of us who browse TV while working out will never reach the top ranks. Paying full attention seems to boost the mind's processing speed, strengthen synaptic connections, and expand or create neural networks for what we are practicing.”
“The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.”
“He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.”

Source : Selma Lagerlöf (1914). “The Story of Gösta Berling”

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