Quotes & Sayings About The Gothic Genre

Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life. — Greg Iles

I have now, and have had since this afternoon, a great yearning to write all of my anxiety entirely out of me. — Franz Kafka

The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn't the moon itself. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath. — Kohta Hirano

Confidence does not come out of coincidence. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The 60s undoubtedly were the most turbulent years of the century. — Walter Cronkite

The grass and the rivers and the stones and women and horses and more Stars and men and clouds and birds and trees came dancing through the afterbirth of the Mare, — Catherynne M Valente

I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film. — Jean-Claude Van Damme

What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and the power itself in man. What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is increasing
that resistance has been overcome. Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but competence. The first principle of our humanism: The weak and the failures shall perish. They ought even to be helped to perish. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

No one can go back, but everyone can go forward. — Paulo Coelho

When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the following months, I not only lost 50 pounds, but gained strength in my legs and picked up stamina. Now, at age 93, I'm on the same plant-based diet, and I still don't eat any meat or dairy products. I either swim, walk, or paddle a canoe daily and I feel the best I've felt since my heart problems began. — Benjamin Spock