“But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those things which lie under the direct scrutiny of the senses, close to the nose. It is this difficulty that sets a value upon all works of art and makes them a necessity. The senses witnessing what is immediately before them in detail see a finality which they cling to in despair, not knowing which way to turn. Thus this so-called natural or scientific array becomes fixed, the walking devil of modern life.” WayWritingArtLyingValuesTurnsImaginationNaturalKnowingModernWalkingDespairDevilDirectDifficultyDetailsSensesNosesFixedWorks Of ArtNot KnowingImpossibilityModern LifeLiftingScrutinyGood WritingFinality Book:Kora in Hell: Improvisations Source: Kora in Hell: Improvisations
“You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.” GovernmentLyingJesusBlackDevilCreatorBoondocks Author:Aaron McGruder
“She'd play around and tease me with her carefree devil eyes. She'd hold me close and kiss me, but her heart was full of lies.” HeartPlayEyeLyingEvilKissingDevilMisogynyTeaseKiss MeHold MeCarefreeEvil WomenTease Me Author:Ricky Nelson
“Although the devil be the father of lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the continual improvements that have been made upon him.” Has BeensMadeSeemsLyingFatherLostDevilImprovementReputationFalsehoodInventorContinual ImprovementGreat Inventors Book:Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings Source: Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings
“Is not cant the materia prima of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations, body themselves, from which no true thing can come? For cant is itself the properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie.” BodyLyingDevilFalsehoodCantAbominationImbecilityTrue Things Book:The French Revolution: a History Source: The French Revolution: a History
“The Devil can so completely assume the human form, when he wants to deceive us, that we may well lie with what seems to be a woman, of real flesh and blood, and yet all the while 'tis only the Devil in the shape of a woman. 'Tis the same with women, who may think that a man is in bed with them, yet 'tis only the Devil; and...the result of this connection is oftentimes an imp of darkness, half mortal, half devil.” ThinkingMenWantHumansWellsMayRealHumorSeemsFormLyingReligiousResultsHalfDarknessBloodShapesBedDevilConnectionsAssumingFleshMortalsDeceivingFlesh And BloodHuman Form Author:Martin Luther
“We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.” WellsMayHumorSeemsLyingReligiousBloodShapesDevilFleshFlesh And Blood Author:Martin Luther