“In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls. Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools” FallWaterDarkWhiteBehindsFoolQuietSilentWoodsForestsLeafsLapAntsPolishedDesertedHarbour Book:Cry, the Beloved Country Source: Cry, the Beloved Country
“We never really are the adults we pretend to be. We wear the mask and perhaps the clothes and posture of grown-ups, but inside ourskin we are never as wise or as sure or as strong as we want to convince ourselves and others we are. We may fool all the rest of the people all of the time, but we never fool our parents. They can see behind the mask of adulthood. To her mommy and daddy, the empress never has on any clothes--and knows it.” PeopleKnowsWantMayStrongParentBehindsGrowing UpWiseFoolClothesAdultsConvinceMaskAdulthoodDaddyPostureEmpressesMommy And Daddy Author:Frank Pittman
“It is better to be a fool than to be dead. It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of life and take everything as it comes in a forlorn stupidity. Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!” PeopleMenWorldGivingEnoughYoungUniverseBehindsBrainTheoryFoolShapesGive MeSakeStupidityYoung ManScreamPillsJarsForlornInsensibleIncongruity Author:Robert Louis Stevenson
“Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.” PersonsChangeBehindsFrontsFoolOffersRacistBigotryPropositionsBigots Book:Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856 Source: Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856