Knekelput Quotes & Sayings

I tend to stay in one place and become a hermit and not leave. Work, work, work, and collect things, create and curate a space. — Kesh

Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate. — Philibert Joseph Roux

What if everyone in this car had said, together: no you can't take them. Could we have stopped it?
The answer might have been yes, for a few minutes. But they'd have reinforcements at the next station; we'd all have been arrested and taken away. We'd face the same fate she will. Is that a good enough reason to say nothing? — Teri Terry

Instead of decaying in a safe harbour, sail to the unsafe oceans! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The belief that momentary feelings of unity or visions of perfection can survive permanently into everyday life this side of eternity is the ante-room of nihilism and fascism. Such beliefs give rise to ahistorical fantasies, which can never materialize beyond the notion. To the extent that they are relentlessly pursued, they progressively crush the moments of solace that precious moments of grace can in fact convey. Historically such fantasies have spawned generations of cynics, misanthropes and failed revolutionaries who, having glimpsed resolution, cannot forgive the grinding years of imperfect life that still must be lived. — Steven Ozment