“Nu-i acoperiţi pieptul –
Aş vrea să văd dacă inima lui mai bate
Acest trup trecător
Păstrează în el sănătatea
Nemuritoare a unui întreg indestructibil
Ce cântă şi merge
Pe o melodie imposibilă.
Încă mai ascult cântecele sale
Pe care nicio armă nu le poate străpunge
Şi nici focul nu le poate arde.
Îl voi vedea încă o dată
Dincolo de marea de lacrimi.”
― Maitreyi Devi, quote from It Does Not Die
“O greseala te duce spre alta, o minciuna urmeaza alteia si astfel adevarul nu mai poate iesi la lumina.”
― Maitreyi Devi, quote from It Does Not Die
“Oricat l-ar iubi cineva pe altcineva, cat de uşor il poate inşela, deoarece nimeni nu poate cunoaşte, fără să i se spună, gandurile altuia.”
― Maitreyi Devi, quote from It Does Not Die
“Îmi aranjez părul şi, potrivindu-mi sari-ul, un cântec a început să murmure în mine: "am nectar în inimă, îl doreşti?”
― Maitreyi Devi, quote from It Does Not Die
“Omul nu este niciodată mulțumit cu tot ceea ce a primit în dar. El însuși este un creator, misiunea lui fiind aceea de a-și transforma necazul în fericire.”
― Maitreyi Devi, quote from It Does Not Die
“De ce nu ai spus adevărul, Mircea? Numai adevărul nu era de-ajuns? Ai scris pentru bani? Da, pentru asta ai facut-o - acesta este specificul Occidentului, unde cărțile se vând pentru voluptate, nu pentru dragoste.”
― Maitreyi Devi, quote from It Does Not Die
Maitreyi Devi
Born place: in Kolkata, India
Born date September 1, 1914
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“A morning later, Nancy described her first dream, the first remembered dream of her life. She and Judy Thorne were on a screened porch, catching ladybugs. Judy caught one with one spot on its back and showed it to Nancy. Nancy caught one with two spots and showed it to Judy. Then Judy caught one with three spots and Nancy one with four. Because (the child explained) the dots showed how old the ladybugs were. She told this dream to her mother, who had her repeat it to her father at breakfast. Piet was moved, beholding his daughter launched intoanother dimension of life. Like school. He was touched by her tiny stock of imagery the screened porch (neither they nor the Thornes had one; who?), the ladybugs (with turtles the most toylike of creatures), the mysterious power of numbers, that generates space and time. Piet saw down a long amplifying corridor of her dreams, and wanted to hear her tell them, to grow older with her, to shelter her forever.” John Updike, Couples, 1968.”
― John Updike, quote from Couples
“It was an educated fear of the coming shit-rain”
― Hunter S. Thompson, quote from Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie
“I think,” Sophia said as Max mock-scowled, “I’m going to like having a younger brother.” Reaching out, she slipped her arm into the crook of River’s elbow. “So, tell me all of Max’s secrets.”
― Nalini Singh, quote from Bonds of Justice
“إن الروح كما وردت فى الفكر الإغريقى كان لها أصل دينى دون أن يكون هذا الأصل مسيحياً .. وبدا فيما يتعلق بالإغريق أن الروح ظهرت أول ما ظهرت فى تعاليم أتباع فيثاغورث الذين آمنوا بالتناسخ وتطلعوا إلى الخلاث النهائى الذى يتلخص فى التحرر من عبودية المادة التى أصبح لزاماً على الروح أن تعانى منها مادامت حبيسة الجسد. ومارس أتباع فيثاغورث نفوذهم على أفلاطون ثم أثر أفلاطون بدوره على آباء الكنيسة. وهكذا أصبح المذهب القائل بانفصال الروح عن الجسد جزء لا يتجزأ من العقيدة المسيحية. ثم تدخلت مؤثرات أخرى أبرزها تأثير أرسطو والرواقيين، ولكن الأفلاطونية بالذات وخاصة فى أشكالها اللاحقة أصبحت أهم عنصر وثنى فى الفلسفة التى أرساها آباء الكنيسة.”
― Bertrand Russell, quote from Religion and Science
“Miles leaned forward and spoke earnestly into the secure holovid recorder. "I just want you to know, Gregor, that if the planet melts down over all this, it wasn't my fault. The trip-wire was laid long before I stumbled across it.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, quote from CryoBurn
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