"An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders."

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Source : Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.3, Cosimo, Inc.

Thomas Traherne

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“It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail.”
“I'm just a crazy person. I mean, I really didn't have any trouble coming up with weird ways for people to die. I think I'm just very twisted!”
“I want to be careful to not stray too far away from what Batman is to me, but adding that element takes you in some directions that haven't been explored quite as much with the character.”

Source : Source: ifanboy.com
“The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art.”
“In America there's a saying that children should be seen and not heard, .. In Cambodia, children should not be seen nor heard because you would not survive.”
“He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”
“Count up the almonds, Count what was bitter and kept you waking, Count me in too: I sought your eye when you glanced up and no one would see you, I spun that secret thread Where the dew you mused on Slid down to pitchers Tended by a word that reached no oneâ€™s heart. There you first fully entered the name that is yours, you stepped to yourself on steady feet, the hammers swung free in the belfry of your silence, things overheard thrust through to you, whatâ€™s dead put itâ€™s arm around you too, and the three of you walked through the evening. Render me bitter. Number me among the almonds”
“If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard”

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