"You don't have to think very hard to realize that our dread of both relationships and loneliness ... has to do with angst about death, the recognition that I'm going to die, and die very much alone, and the rest of the world is going to go merrily on without me."

-- David Foster Wallace

#Loneliness Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.”
“Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.”
“When youâ€™re a housekeeperâ€™s daughter, you see the world through a half-open door.”
“When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.”
“An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.”
“We would often rather seem dutiful to others than to succeed in our duties; and often we would rather tell our friends that we have done them good than to do good in actuality.”
“There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.”
“I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are.”

Source : "Paul Ryan and Ayn Rand's ideas: in the hot seat again". atlassociety.org. April 30, 2012.

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