"One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace."

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Source : Jean Giraudoux (1963). “Judith. Tiger at the gates. Duel of angels”

Jean Giraudoux

#Privilege Quotes #Witness Quotes #Catastrophe Quotes

“For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.”
“When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.82, LSU Press
“Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.”
“Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine.”

Source : Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr (1872). “Poems”, p.83
“I wonder if in part why so many people are angry at Microsoft is not just because their products frustrate them so much, but also because this frustration is ignored. The computer makes people feel like they are dummies, when in fact it is the computer that is stupid.”

Source : The First Monday Interview, firstmonday.org. April, 1998.
“I think I'm someone who can prattle on a long time about something, which serves me well as a novelist, but it's the enemy when I'm writing short stories.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“..though silence must add intensity to your intimate moments, it must also shrivel your soul to lie beside someone who doesn't talk to you.”
“It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself by imagining such a source to be some God outside you. One's source is within oneself. Give yourself up to it. That means that you should seek the source and merge in it.”

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