Quotes
Authors
Raniero Cantalamessa

"It is true that not even Christ is seen, but he exists; he is risen, he is alive, he is close to us, more truly than the most enamored husband is close to his wife. Here is the crucial point: to think of Christ not as a person of the past, but as the risen and living Lord, with whom I can speak, whom I can even kiss if I so wish, certain that my kiss does not end on the paper or on the wood of a crucifix, but on a face and on the lips of living flesh (even though spiritualized), happy to receive my kiss."

-- Raniero Cantalamessa

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“There are things you just can't do in life. You can't beat the phone company, you can't make a waiter see you until he's ready to see you, and you can't go home again.”
“Every episode [in a TV series] is a challenge, and what's challenging in most episodes is the monster. You're always a heartbeat from the monster looking ridiculous. You really have to work so hard to make them not look like ridiculous when they turn up on the set.”
“In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ãƒ-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship - between languages and communities - because the English language is a determinant of the ladder to achievement.”
“As I look back over my mountains of growth and compare them to the molehills where I stagnated, community often made the difference.”
“The passionate reactions of people to a painting, the exclamation, 'Oh, this is wonderful,' may, even if meant in a positive way, entirely destroy the chiaroscuro, the mystical hidden weaving of fantasy which the artist needs...”

Source : Marie-Louise von Franz (2017). “The Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Revised Edition”, p.106, Shambhala Publications
“I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.”
“I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.”
“In spite of all the terrible things that happen in our world, hope can - and must - prevail.”

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