Viridiana Bunuel Quotes & Sayings

To be sane, he held, was either to be sedated by melancholy or activated by hysteria, two responses which were 'always and equally warranted for those of sound insight'. All others were irrational, merely symptoms of imaginations left idle, of memories out of work. And above these mundane responses, the only elevation allowable, the only valid transcendence, was a sardonic one: a bliss that annihilated the universe with jeers of dark joy, a mindful ecstasy. Anything else in the way of 'mysticism' was a sign of deviation or distraction, and a heresy to the obvious. ("The Medusa") — Thomas Ligotti

The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair. — Xenophanes

But the nightmares were accurate enough: we are like a swarm of mosquitoes, crazy with thirst and doomed to be swatted. — John Updike

Other than to amuse himself, why should a man pretend to know where he's going or understand what he sees? — William Least Heat-Moon

My name is Kevin James Breaux and I am an author. Why does that always sound like I am introducing myself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? — Kevin James Breaux

her with him she was likely going to — David Baldacci

A slave will amuse himself in his dungeon; a free man must file through his chains and dig through his prison-walls before he can frolic. — George MacDonald

Curses happen to even the most seasoned of princesses from time to time - " "But — M.A. Larson

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived. — Amy Grant

One a' them rules is don't go trusting another man's path...People do it, they do what their mommies and daddies did, they make them same mistakes, they have them same joys and hurts, they just repeating. Trees don't grow exactly where their momma is; ain't no room...I weren't following no one up through life. — Beth Lewis

Vegetarians and vegans tend to weigh less and have lower blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, and, in turn, a lowered risk of heart disease than people whose diets include some or all types of animal products; — Thich Nhat Hanh

I'm ridiculous, I'm ludicrous. — Ludacris