On Halloween we dress as Skeletons but in reality the Skeletons dress as us.
“We know that morality does actually need remote and general standards, and must sometimes demand actions which no reasonable person at the time would consider. We know that a morality which never shocks anybody dwindles into etiquette. … All the same, ideals which nobody can translate into action are wasted.”
— Mary Midgley, Animals and Why They Matter, 9
“At the present time, I long only to sleep and to remain silent. I am sick of humanity.”
— Albert Camus to Jean Grenier, Correspondence 1932-1960
“Why can’t people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?”
— David Baldacci, The Camel Club
Guess what, another Christmas doggos.
“You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am”
— Immanuel Kant
“All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too.”
— William Saroyan, My Heart’s in the Highlands (via books-n-quotes)