"An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for a time, a kind of dreary tranquillity."

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Source : Alberto Moravia (2011). “Contempt”, p.75, New York Review of Books

Alberto Moravia

#Heart Quotes #Hands Quotes #Evil Quotes

“He only profits from praise who values criticism.”
“I actually did do a musical many years ago with John Waters called Cry-Baby, but technically it was only half me - it wasn't me singing. Tim's [ Burton] the only person brave enough to actually let me try to sing.”
“The word â€˜sinâ€™ is derived from the Indo-European root â€˜es-,â€™ meaning â€˜to be.â€™ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, â€˜to beâ€™ in the fullest sense is â€˜to sin'.”
“People like to say you're either born with style or you're not, and that's complete hooey. You've gotta develop your own and find your own.If you just put on whatever they're trying to sell you, you will always be out of fashion. Otherwise, they can't keep selling you. So, you will always be out of fashion. Get used to it. That's the game. Whatever they say is fashionable, chuck it.”
“Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.”

Source : Quoted in Bert Sugar, Book of Sports Quotes (1979)
“The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your voice isn't present in a relationship, you don't matter.”
“Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home.”
“However many years she lived, Mary always felt that 'she should never forget that first morning when her garden began to grow'.”

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