"Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later."

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Source : Gene Wolfe (2009). “The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction”, p.111, Macmillan

Gene Wolfe

#Communication Quotes #Men Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“The energy you give off is the energy you receive. I really think that, so I'm always myself - JUMPING, dancing, singing around, trying to cheer everybody up.”

Source : "'Enchantress' In 'Jimmy Choo'". www.sneakpeek.ca. November 11, 2017.
“Once efficiency is universally accepted as a rule, it becomes an inner compulsion and weighs like a sense of sin, simply because no one can ever be efficient enough, just as no one can ever be virtuous enough.”
“Who can fear Too many stars, though each in heaven shall roll- Too many flowers, though each shall crown the year? Say thou dost love me, love me, love me-toll The silver iterance!-only minding, Dear, To love me also in silence, with thy soul.”
“..the best is only bought at the cost of great pain...or so says the legend”

Source : Colleen McCullough (2013). “The Thorn Birds”, p.7, Head of Zeus
“One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all.”
“But the good deed, through the ages Living in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams immortal, Unconsumed by moth or rust.”
“You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it. Concentrate and practice every single day.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I wouldn't last 30 minutes climbing solo.”

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