"God, how pointless and empty the world is! Days filled with cheap and tarnished moments succeed each other, restless and haunted nights follow in bitter routine: the sun shines without brightness, and the moon rises without light. My heart has the taste of ashes, and my throat is tight and weary with weeping. What is a lost soul? It is one that has turned from its true path and is groping in the darkness of remembered waysâ€”"

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Source : Malcolm Lowry (2015). “The 1940 Under the Volcano: A Critical Edition”, p.306, University of Ottawa Press

Malcolm Lowry

#Heart Quotes #Moon Quotes #Night Quotes

“Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?”
“I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything.”
“O comfort-killing night, image of hell, Dim register and notary of shame, Black stage for tragedies and murders fell, Vast sin-concealing chaos, nurse of blame!”
“When one is anxious only to live, he easily, in this solicitude, forgets the enjoyment of life. If his only concern is for life, and he thinks "if I only have my dear life," he does not apply his full strength to using, i. e., enjoying, life.”
“The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.”

Source : Clarence Day (1921). “The Crow's Nest”
“What goes down usually goes back up, if you're willing to be patient and don't hit the panic button.”

Source : Mark Mobius (2012). “The Little Book of Emerging Markets: How To Make Money in the World's Fastest Growing Markets”, p.102, John Wiley & Sons
“The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.36, Ballantine Books
“For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.”

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