“Low branches, dead and snapping against us. On the lookout for rattlesnakes. But the path was short enough, and soon we were on a kind of terrace. Old lawn overgrown by grass and weed, old concrete cracked in discrete chunks, vast areas overrun. An enchanted place for me, and only for me, because I was too young to remember, and so in my mind this place could become more.”
― David Vann, quote from Goat Mountain
“That night longer than all my life before it. No scale or measure in this world can ever be held constant. We are always slipping.”
― David Vann, quote from Goat Mountain
“We're not supposed to touch the dead. This is why we make a comfortable afterlife for them, so they will not reach out. We hope to distract them, keep them busy. Burial is a hope.”
― David Vann, quote from Goat Mountain
“WE THINK OF CAIN AS THE ONE WHO KILLED HIS BROTHER, but who else was around to kill? They were the first two born. Cain killed what was available. The story has nothing to do with brothers.”
― David Vann, quote from Goat Mountain
“Yalnızca biz değil, bizden önceki herkes için de olduğu gibi, ıstırap çekmenin ve insan ömrünün bir simgesi olarak kendi haçını taşıyan İsa için de olduğu gibi, hayat tekrardan ibarettir. Tüm hikâyelerimizde bizler şu yeryüzünde bir ağırlığı sürükleyip taşırız. Buna Çile denir. İsa, kendimize acımamızın hikâyesidir.”
― David Vann, quote from Goat Mountain
David Vann
Born place: in Adak, Alaska, The United States
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“There should be no surprise when you come to that hideous moment for which you've spent a lifetime preparing.”
― David Simon, quote from The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood
“He fell ass over tea Kettle”
― C.E. Murphy, quote from Urban Shaman
“It’s when we feel the most uncertain,” her mother had told her, “that we must appear at our most confident. To show weakness is to allow others to prey upon it. Now brush your hair, lift your chin, and pretend you are the most powerful person in the room.”
― Morgan Rhodes, quote from Crystal Storm
“Women who can’t be close to their husbands have a propensity to develop a self-absorbing, spiritual intimacy with spiritual leaders—be they men or women.”
― Debi Pearl, quote from Created to be His Help Meet
“لقد فكرت بما فيه الكفاية بأنّ حياتنا البشرية ترتكز أساساً على بعض المعطيات التي نسلّم بها جدلاً. فالطفل يسلّمُ بوالديه وبيته ثم بلده ومجتمعه. فنحن في حاجة إلى هذه المستندات كي تكون بداية لنا. فالطفل اليتيم أو المشرّد يترعرع والشعور بانعدام الأمن يزداد عنده. أما الطفل الذي يتربّى في منزل جيّد، فإنّه قد يتعلم في مراحل متقدمة انتقاد والديه أو حتى رفضهما بالرغم من ضآلة هذا الاحتمال، إلا أنّه لايقدم على ذلك إلا عندما يكون من القوة بحيث يستطيع الوقوف على قدميه وحده.”
― Colin Wilson, quote from The Mind Parasites
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