#lain

I thought, gazing at the beauty of the landscape again, it is as though the fiend has prevailed against the angels, and fixed his throne in a heaven, to rule it as though it were Hell. ↗

— Tom Holland

#contrast #evil #good-and-evil #heaven-and-hell #observation

I can't complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country. ↗

— Mary Decker

#complain #country #family #gorgeous #great

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inexplicable #loneliness #tries #utter #writer

Don't stigmatize in a rush to explain inexplicable evil. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#explain #inexplicable #rush

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#boxed #either #heroes #into #life

Richard Chamberlain on The Slipper and the Rose was lovely to work with. He wore the clothes so beautifully and sang his songs so well. ↗

— Julie Harris

#chamberlain #clothes #his #lovely #richard

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. ↗

— Randall Jarrell

#around #complaining #everything #go #golden

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. ↗

— James Jeans

#fact #in fact #plain

I don't play just villains. I like to have parts that are not simply villains. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#just #like #parts #play #simply

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#easier #generally #good #heroes #novelists