Rechter Quotes & Sayings

There are times, however, when life becomes a phantom comedy. As if aroused from a dream, we watch ourselves in action and, shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where ARt fits in. All our frenzied nudging and posturing suddenly becomes utterly insignificant; our cozy little nest is reduced to some futile barbarian custom, and our position in society, hard-won and eternally precarious, is but a crude vanity. As for our progeny, we view them now with new eyes, and we are horrified, because without the cloak of altruism, the preproductive act seems extraordinarily out of place. All that is left is sexual pleasure, but if it is relegated to a mere manifestation of primal abjection, it will fail to proportion, because a loveless session of gymnastics is not what we have struggled so hard to master.
Eternity eludes us. — Muriel Barbery

If there were a place lower than here, it would surely be hell. — Inio Asano

Thank God I didn't kill him. I wanted to bash him one but, you know, without the consequences of him dying. — Christine Feehan

The most potent magics are tied to human truths: beauty and passion and yearning and fortitude and valor and empathy. — Brent Weeks

The President and first lady did hold a private party at the White House over the weekend, but given the private nature of that event, I don't have a lot of details to discuss from here. — Josh Earnest

Only those who are bereaved of all joy in this present world may take refuge in the shadows of the past. — Julian May

No building was safe from the furniture, the pictures, the human beings that it would presently contain. — Graham Greene

The best part is the fans loving you. And the free clothes. — Britney Spears

You born to be happy, so love everyone like a happy puppy. — Debasish Mridha

I love rich people. Any time I needed a job, I went to a rich person. I like poor people, but they never had a job for me. — Roger Ailes