"But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity in the places where I have lived."

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Source : Philip Ó Ceallaigh (2006). “Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse”

Philip O Ceallaigh

#Depression Quotes #Self Quotes #Breathing Quotes

“A brotherhood of venerable trees.”
“History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.”
“Hasn't anyone thought to look at outcomes as a logical way to figure out what really works? Not until recently. That tells you how far out of the picture the patient has been.”
“The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.”
“I loved a woman whose beauty Like the moon moved all the humming heavens to music till the stars with their tiny teeth burst into song and I fell on the ground before her while the sky hardened and she laughed and turned me down softly, I was so young.”
“My function is to make whoever sees my films aware of his need to love and to give his love, and aware the beauty is summoning him.”
“We must look at what immigration to America involves. To the new arrivals, the change is excruciating. Learning a new language and dealing with strange customs make the first years of life in the new land painful... The economic system of the United States is a mighty engine of persuasion. It motivates people to do what otherwise they never would in return for fulfilling their dreams. In the process, people learn that there is no sharp line between physical well-being and the higher purposes of life. The comfort of owning a house is at once meeting the obligation to care for one”
“I asked of Echo 't other day (Whose words are few and often funny), What to a novice she could say Of courtship, love, and matrimony. Quoth Echo, plainly, "Matter-o'-money.”

Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1866). “The Masquerade: And Other Poems”, p.195

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