“Madness is a distrust of reason.”
― John Myers Myers, quote from Silverlock
“Every man knows he will die; and nobody believes it. On that paradox stand not only a host of religions but the entity of sane being.”
― John Myers Myers, quote from Silverlock
“I recall thinking that I was stroking toward either the end of all life or the beginning of a new one. Neither possibility stirred me. Every man knows he will die; and nobody believes it. On that paradox stand not only a host of religions but the entity of sane being. I wasn't able to credit my own non-existence any better than the next man; what I had lost was a healthy abhorrence of the state. It had not dropped from me because of any particular shock or misfortune. It had moulted from me year by year, for all of my thirty-five, to leave me naked in apathy.”
― John Myers Myers, quote from Silverlock
“Everybody has an idea of himself which augments, aggravates, or modifies the actuality.”
― John Myers Myers, quote from Silverlock
“The steps to degradation are only three: the actuality of the shameful condition, the recognition of the actuality while feeling unable to do anything about it, and then acceptance of it as the normal state of affairs.”
― John Myers Myers, quote from Silverlock
“Sometimes finish and end don't mean the same thing.”
― John Myers Myers, quote from Silverlock
John Myers Myers
Born place: in Northport, NY, The United States
Born date January 11, 1906
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“It was like wanting ice cream instead of meat loaf, and being told that children in refugee camps would be grateful for the meat loaf. Yes, of course she had nothing to complain about, compared to so many people, but when had that ever stopped anyone from complaining? Happiness was a balloon that always hovered just out of arm's reach.”
― Emma Donoghue, quote from Landing
“You can have all the wine and dragons that my money can buy. That’s what the old woman told me, and I listened.”
― L'Poni Baldwin, quote from Dragons and Cicadas: The Society On Da Run
“Да замина далеч да си тръгна.
Аз да си тръгна от Нава… Ако зависеше от мен, за нищо на света не бих го направил. В Нава модерните технологии и такива работи не бяха познати, нямаше електричество. За да си светим, използвахме газени лампи. Но в Нава имаше ябълки. Там виждах узряването на плодовете – цветовете се разтваряха и пред очите ми се превръщаха в плод. Не че тук цветовете не се превръщат в плод, ала не го виждаш. И звездите. Безброй. Луната. Помня, че за да пестим газ, понякога се хранехме през нощта на открито – на лунна светлина…
…Имахме огромен двор с ябълкови дървета, череши, нарове, праскови, кайсии и черници. Стените на оградата са от кал и са наистина дебели, повече от един метър. Ядяхме кисело мляко(йогурт), което сами си приготвяхме: подобно е на гръцкото, но е далеч по-хубаво. Имахме крава и две овчици, имахме си поле за отглеждане за жито, което носехме за мелене в мелницата.
Ето това е Нава и ако зависеше от мен, нямаше да я напусна.”
― Fabio Geda, quote from In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
“Earning success is hard. The process is laborious, tedious, sometimes even boring. Becoming wealthy, influential, and world-class in your field is slow and arduous.”
― Darren Hardy, quote from The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
“I want you to listen to me you seem to be under the misconception that there is something wrong with you, that there is nothing special about you. There is nobody else in the whole world that I would rather be with. I could look at you for hours an never get sick of it. I could spend ever second of everday in your presence and I would die a happy man. You belong with me.”
― Tiffany King, quote from Meant to Be
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