"There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen."

-- Petrarch

#Burden Quotes #Pens Quotes

“Loneliness has little to do with what we do or where we do it, whether we're married or unmarried, optimists or pessimists, heterosexual or homosexual. Loneliness has to do with the sudden clefts we experience in every human relation, the gaps that open up with such stomach-turning unexpectedness. In a brief moment, I and my brother or sister have moved away into different worlds, and there is no language we can share.... It is in the middle of intimacy that the reality of loneliness most dramatically appears.”

Source : Rowan Williams (1995). “A Ray of Darkness”, p.121, Cowley Publications
“If you fake the funk, your nose will grow.”

Source : "Journalists must stop being in denial: bloggers are here to stay" by John Naughton, www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2005.
“Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton.”
“President Obama gave a speech about healthcare tonight, and yesterday he gave a pep talk to students. He told them that in order to succeed they need to work hard and study hard. Then today, former President George W. Bush presented the rebuttal.”
“In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.168, Counterpoint Press
“Quite the mind and the soul will speak.”
“Whoever uses psychedelics should treat them with greatest respect. When Aldous and I used them, we prepared the ambience and ourselves the day before. The day of the session was kept as a holy day, and there were beautiful fruits and flowers around. The result was, that we had no negative experiences.”
“Reading is the last act of secular prayer.”

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