"One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are."

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Source : Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (1976). “The Portable Cervantes”, p.121, Penguin

Miguel de Cervantes

“If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together.”
“Drake, I'd like to collaborate with. He's a phenomenal lyricist. Probably the best rapper in the world at the moment. I love Kanye but there's something about Drake; he's more straight up, really clever and really poetic and metaphorical - I love that. He's just clever.”
“The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love: he who loveth mean and sordid things doth thereby become base and vile; but a noble and well placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit into a conformity with the perfections which it loves.”

Source : Henry Scougal (1775). “The life of God in the soul of man. Or, The nature and excellency of the Christian religion. And An account of the beginnings and advances of a spiritual life. 2 letters [by H. Scougal. With a preface by G. Burnet].”, p.31
“It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.”

Source : Romain Rolland (1911). “Jean-Christophe”
“We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills.”
“Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.”
“When I was growing up, 'Anna Karenina' was one of my favourite books.”
“Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.”

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