"The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is like madness: a mad person not helped out of his trouble by anything real begins to trust what is not real because it helps him and he needs it because real things continue not to help him."

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Source : Lydia Davis (2008). “Break It Down: Stories”, p.15, Macmillan

Lydia Davis

#Real Quotes #Mad Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“One cardinal rule in behavioral medicine is that unless it is interfered with, your body knows exactly what it is doing and always does the best thing it can do under the circumstances. Consequently, if you are overweight, you may reasonably assume that the extra fat itself is your body's best adjustment to the circumstances you are providing.”
“Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.”
“And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting.”
“People do things for love and belief and passion, not just because they're paid to do it.”

Source : Interview with Nitsuh Abebe, pitchfork.com. November 10, 2008.
“This company looks cheap, that company looks cheap, but the overall economy could completely screw it up. The key is to wait. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.”
“Men knew that if they devirginized a woman, they could end up dead within twenty-four hours. These controls have been removed.”
“Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.”
“Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.”

Source : Thomas Francis Meagher (1885). “Speeches on the Legislative Independence of Ireland”

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