"You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth."

-- Jean Racine

#Passion Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Literature Quotes

“The worst thing in the world when you feel broken is to have somebody coming at you with open-faced love. It becomes incredibly painful.”
“Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I'm up at 5 A.M. every day.”
“never trust a Troglotroll”

Source : Walter Moers (2006). “13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear”, p.358, The Overlook Press
“You donâ€™t get black power by chanting it. You get it by doing what the other groups have done. The Irish kept quiet. They didnâ€™t shout â€œIrish Powerâ€, â€œJew Powerâ€, [or] â€œItalian Powerâ€. They kept their mouths shut and took over the police department of New York City, and the mayorship of Boston.”
“I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.”
“The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit.”
“Writing was the soul of everything else ... Wanting to be a writer was wanting to be a person.”
“If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.”

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