Man The Harpoons Quotes & Sayings

We listen to what people say, we read what they write - that's our evidence, that's our corroboration. But if the face contradicts the speaker's words, we interrogate the face. A shifty look in the eye, a rising blush, the uncontrollable twitch of a face muscle - and then we
know. We recognise the hypocrisy or the false claim, and the truth stands evident before us. — Julian Barnes

As if one was mistaken in believing that love protects life. As if it were a lie that love is a blessing. — Unica Zurn

I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be. — Ray Lamontagne

Though in the order of nature angels rank above men, yet, by scale of justice, good men are of greater value than bad angels. — Saint Augustine

I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything as a kid to stay in shape - jogging, work on the farm, driving the tractor. I'll never forget. — Guy Lafleur

But pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being — Peter Singer

It is more magnificent than what I thought heaven might be, and yet it is all of its wonder, as well."
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"Iris, we are shut off from it in this life because if any knew its magnificence, life itself would end, for all who are living would seek death. But as the egg must be in the nest for the bird to fly from it, so the living must live and die when nature intends so that the shell may be broken at the point when the living have wings to fly. It is as if in life we are blind, and in death we see. In life we think in error, but in death we know and love and understand. — Douglas Clegg

Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc. — Jack Zipes

If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.
— Gregory Corso

What do you think of the criticism that you're not very good? — George Harrison