"Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?"

-- Emile M. Cioran

#Home Quotes #Existence Quotes #Exile Quotes

“A printer publishes a lie: for which he ought to stand in the pillory, for the people believe in and act upon it”
“To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.”
“I would describe my style of songwriting as classic. I learned very early on and have stuck to the core principles of song structure regardless of which genre I'm writing in.”
“Unfortunately the necessity to promote a film sometimes works against it, in that you are forced to reveal information [about it] that in an ideal world you would hold back.”
“If you think about brewing, it is biotechnology. And I would say that I was a technologist at heart. So whether I... fermented beer or whether I fermented enzymes, the base technology was the same.”
“The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of passage between notes.”

Source : "Glenn Gould Reader". Book by Glenn Gould, p. 445, 1984.
“Believing in things you cannot see Even with my trembling arms I want to protect someone dear to me The place my thought that proggressed up to now struggle on to To see hopes Even in a black, confined world”
“The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.”

Source : David Millar (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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