"As Rilke observed, love requires a progressive shortening of the senses: I can see you for miles; I can hear you for blocks, I can smell you, maybe, for a few feet, but I can only touch on contact, taste as I devour"

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Source : William H. Gass (2014). “On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry”, p.18, New York Review of Books

William H. Gass

#Block Quotes #Smell Quotes #Feet Quotes

“Joy cannot be held at heel: it must be let go. Joy is a pilgrim virtue. It is a gift that walks, walks on the path of life, that walks with Jesus: preaching, proclaiming Jesus, proclaiming joy, lengthens and widens that path.”
“There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.”
“I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.”
“The more I train the more I realize I have more speed in me.”
“Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem.”
“I have never seen a person grow or change in a self - constructive meaningful way when motivated by guilt, shame, or self hate.”

Source : Herb Goldberg (1977). “The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege”
“I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe them to be an immense people. Not only have they supplied the world with two leaders of the stature of Jesus Christ and Karl Marx, but they have even indulged in the luxury of following neither one nor the other.”

Source : Nicholas Fraser, Kate Caffrey, Peter Ustinov, Carl Sagan, Eric Sevareid (1978). “Aristotle Onassis”
“My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of our football pep rallies in a desperate attempt to look cool. For a while, I wore pink Converse All Stars because I thought it made me seem daring and irreverent.”

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