"What's old collapses, times change, and new life blossoms in the ruins."

-- Friedrich Schiller

#Inspirational Quotes #Courage Quotes #New Life Quotes

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say â€œMy tooth is achingâ€ than to say â€œMy heart is broken.”
“war is not just a victory or loss ... People die.”
“I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my carry-around camera is a Leica.”
“How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are 3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand, who could forget that, to within half a percent, pi seconds is a nanocentury.”
“The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.”
“Nearly all creators of utopia have resembled the man who has toothache, and therefore thinks happiness consists in not having toothache... whoever tries to imagine perfection simply reveals his own emptiness.”
“You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character.”
“Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence.”

Source : Ishmael Reed (1978). “Shrovetide in old New Orleans”, Doubleday Books

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