#m

The Spirit of the Lord is with them that fear him. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

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The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish. ↗

— Terry Southern

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An angel has no memory. ↗

— Terry Southern

#memory #no memory

I think the degree of alienation and despair is more universal. ↗

— Terry Southern

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You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way. ↗

— Terry Southern

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Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid. ↗

— Terry Southern

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I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers. ↗

— Terry Southern

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In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer. ↗

— Terry Southern

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