Sek Ly Quotes & Sayings

The face of the sun is not without expression, but it tells us precious little of what is in its heart. — Armin Joseph Deutsch

I have so strong a sense of creation, of tomorrow, that I cannot get drunk, knowing I will be less alive, less well, less creative the next day. — Anais Nin

They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: 'If the books of this library contain matters opposed to the Koran, they are bad and must be burned. If they contain only the doctrine of the Koran, burn them anyway, for they are superfluous.' Our learned men have cited this reasoning as the height of absurdity. However, suppose Gregory the Great was there instead of Omar and the Gospel instead of the Koran. The library would still have been burned, and that might well have been the finest moment in the life of this illustrious pontiff. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity — Alison Bechdel

In our beautiful memory
We were all handsome
We could all sing
We all had the heart
Of the prettiest girl in town
And we all hit .300 — John Buck O'Neil

We pretend that no one's a racist anymore, but it's easier to talk about pornography in polite company than racial integration — Bob Herbert