"What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue"

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Source : Peter Shaffer (2011). “Equus”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

Mary Collyer

#Eye Quotes #Heart Quotes #Rue Quotes

“Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.”
“What we know about diets hasn't changed. It still makes sense to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, balance calories from other foods, and keep calories under control. That, however, does not make front-page news.”
“Ive gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while.”
“When we die we are only stories in the minds of others, I thought”
“The real thing about evil," said the Witch at the doorway, "isn't any of what you said. You figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. Or vice versa. It's like the old saw: What does a dragon in its shell look like? Well no one can ever tell, for as soon as you break the shell to see, the dragon is no longer in its shell. The real disaster of this inquiry is that it is the nature of evil to be secret.”
“Nature's hasty conscience.”
“You are allowed to draw lines even if your feelings are irrational. Part of the marvelous business of being an adult human is that you get to set your own boundaries for whatever reasons you like, without appending a sensible rationale to them.”
“Weâ€™re constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. [But] we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I donâ€™t want to be like the other animals watching the planet go down the drain. Iâ€™ll be a hummingbird, Iâ€™ll do the best I can.”

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