"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!""

-- Dexter Kozen

#Halloween Quotes #Years Quotes #Voice Quotes

“[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation...”
“You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your own terms about them. And just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth.”

Source : Humphrey Carpenter (1977). “Tolkien: A Biography”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin
“Life with a daughter of nine through twelve is a special experience for parents, particularly mothers. In a daughter's looks, actions, attitudes, passions, loves, and hates, in her fears and her foibles, a mother will see herself at the same age. You are far enough away to have some perspective on what your daughter is going through. Still, you are close enough, if reminded, to feel it all again.”
“While the Japanese droned on in a high-pitched voice, I blinked out the desperate message over and over. TORTURE...TORTURE...”
“The difficulty with becoming a patient is that as soon as you get horizontal, part of your being yearns, not for a doctor, but for a medicine man.”
“Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.”

Source : "Taking it seriously". Interview with Libby Brooks, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2000.
“Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.”

Source : Petra Karin Kelly (1984). “Fighting for Hope”, p.31, South End Press
“Jake Robert's wife is real ugly, but according to him that's nothing a six pack and a light switch can't fix.”

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