"I would not like to live in a world without cathedrals. I need their beauty and grandeur. I need their imperious silence. I need it against the witless bellowing of the barracks yard and the witty chatter of the yes-men. I want to hear the rustling of the organ, this deluge of ethereal notes. I need it against the shrill farce of marches."

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Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.85, Atlantic Books Ltd

Pascal Mercier

#Witty Quotes #Men Quotes #Silence Quotes

“It appears to me that men are trying to speak for God instead of letting God speak for himself.”
“Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.”
“Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world ...”

Source : Pearl S. Buck (2013). “A Bridge for Passing”, p.10, Open Road Media
“I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different parades and, then, I got accepted to go to New Orleans Center for Creative Artists ... it's where Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr. and all those guys went out.”
“The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the infants in the confluent smallpox.”
“I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.”
“Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.”
“I would say that the Vietnamese should remember that they didn't have exactly the same mobility the way the Americans have. They didn't have the same kind of equipment that the Americans have and that they have to fight their own war.”

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