"The more elaborate his labyrinths, the further from the Sun his face."

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Source : Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.57, Duncan Baird Publishers

Mikhail Naimy

#Labyrinth Quotes #Faces Quotes #Sun Quotes

“A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But sedentary weavers of long tales Give me the fidgets, and my patience fails.”
“The truth is there are two hundred white women raped in America by a black man for every one black woman raped by whites.”
“Great grief is a divine and terrible radiance which transfigures the wretched.”
“Children's books are looked on as a sideline of literature. A special smile. They are usually thought to be associated with women. I was determined not to have this label of sentimentality put on me so I signed by my intials, hoping people wouldn't bother to wonder if the books were written by a man, woman or kangaroo.”
“The reason that extended solitude seemed so hard to endure was not that we missed others but that we began to wonder if we ourselves were present, because for so long our existence depended upon assurances from them.”

Source : Doris Grumbach (2014). “Fifty Days of Solitude: A Memoir”, p.11, Open Road Media
“Speech is the image of actions”
“Web design is something that's super technical but can be super tedious if you have to deal with asshole clients.”

Source : Source: www.digitalartsonline.co.uk
“Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good movie. I learned that lesson while enduring the seemingly-endless tedium of The Doors , and was reminded of it during some of the long, drawn-out portions of JFK . However, nothing that Stone has directed or misdirected prepared me for the grotesque mess that is Natural Born Killers .”

Source : "Natural Born Killers". Movie Review, 1994.

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