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Galt Niederhoffer

"Technically, on the spectrum of very bad things, they did nothing truly wicked. But of course, that spectrum has no measure for the greatest of all carnal sins, the kind that occurs before skin touches skin, before wondering turns to yearning, yearning to having, having to holding for dear life, when two people cling to each other so desperately that even when they lie, inches apart, neither is fully satisfied until the light between them turns to darkness."

Source : Galt Niederhoffer (2008). “The Romantics”, p.204, St. Martin's Press

Galt Niederhoffer

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“The mob that hounded Christ from Jerusalem to "the place of a skull" has never been dispersed, but is augmenting yet, as many of the learned men of the world and great men of the world come out from their studies and their laboratories and their palaces, and cry, "Away with this man! Away with him!" The most bitter hostility which many of the learned men of this day exercise in any direction they exercise against Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Saviour of the world.”
“Whereas to write, all you need is paper and an idea, so I felt that writing might be my stepping stone.”

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“Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (2014). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love”, p.169, New World Library
“High achievers don't like mediocre people, mediocre people don't like high achievers.”
“It is better to be devoured by lions than to be eaten by dogs. Explaining why his Northwestern teams played difficult schedules.”
“Language is a finding-place not a hiding place.”
“A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.”
“I was surprised by the level of sophistication of the Special Operation forces. Among them were anthropologists and PhD candidates. I felt because I understand the patterns of nineteenth-century jihad in West Africa that I was definitely going to be more advanced than they were in comprehending what the militant rallying cry was.”

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