"She is very plain. What does Henry see in her?'" "He thinks she's stupid. He finds it restful."

-- Hilary Mantel

#Stupid Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Become intensely conscious of the present moment.”
“I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly one response was laughter. God knows, that's the soul seeking some relief.”
“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.”
“The secret of my success is that I always managed to live to fly another day.”
“We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.”
“When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense.”

Source : "Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy - review" by Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. August 11, 2013.
“My father has been the silent force behind my success. My mother has been a constant source of guidance in my career.”
“I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from the cliffs was the desert. There was no sound but the wind, whirring through thorns and whistling through dead grass, and no other sign of life but a hawk, and a black beetle easing over white stones.”

Source : Bruce Chatwin (2003). “In Patagonia”, p.39, Penguin

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