Quotes of: Significant-other Keyword

Evil that arises out of ordinary thinking and is committed by ordinary people is the norm, not the exception.

The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence

He Looked down at her gravely. "In many ways, we are the most perfect match. We see each other as we are, but neither of us views the other as broken.

The Raven

THE FIGHTING IN THE PEACH ORCHARD AT GETTYSBURG PROLOGUE "The same young men who crowded each other as they faced the recruiters' tables now crowded each other as they died.

The Sharpshooter 1862-1864

The greatest create of power you have on earth, whether you are an angel, a spirit, a man or woman or child is to help others.

Servant of the Bones

The needs are too great, and there are too few of us. We have a duty, a responsibility to help others. It’s not all about fun. It’s not always easy.

Seven Dogs in Heaven

The warrior masters himself in order to help others. Only when you can feel your enemies inside and know them, can you conquer them.

Shambhala

Some people know of no other way to interface with others except through their created chaos.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude with regards children in the raw as a sort of raw material which we must handle.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods; the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

Surely arrested development consists not in refusing to lose old things but in failing to add new things.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. "Everything is permitted" does not mean that nothing is forbidden.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The novel is the privileged vehicle of two ways of being: narrative and freedom: to be new (novel) in a speech open to all, and to be free in a speech that never concludes.

Myself with Others: Selected Essays

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

The mind, when it reaches its limits, must make a judgment and choose its conclusions. This is where suicide and the reply stand.

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

I wonder if that's how darkness wins, by convincing us to trap it inside ourselves, instead of emptying it out. I don't want it to win.

My Heart and Other Black Holes

Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there's nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression.

My Heart and Other Black Holes

Better than other people.' Sometimes he says: 'That, at least, you are.' But more often: 'Why should you be? Either you are what you can be, or you are not - like other people.

Markings