Ulick River Quotes & Sayings

I am caught in this contradiction: on the one hand, I believe I know the other better than anyone and triumphantly assert my knowledge to the other ("I know you - I'm the only one who really knows you!"); and on the other hand, I am often struck by the obvious fact that the other is impenetrable, intractable, not to be found; I cannot open up the other, trace back the other's origins, solve the riddle. Where does the other come from? Who is the other? I wear myself out, I shall never know. — Roland Barthes

Listening causes me to find the existence of truth behind the veil. — Loreena McKennitt

A homeless guy came up to me on the street, said he hadn't eaten in four days. I told him, Man, I wish I had your willpower. — Rodney Dangerfield

A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In the comfort of his embrace I lifted my mouth to his and initiated a kiss. Although calling it a kiss was like calling tyrannosaurus rex a small pet. — Blakely Bennett