„There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.“
Origine: The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss3
scrittore statunitense 1973Citazioni simili
— Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924
Origine: Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith
— Ayumi Hamasaki Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress 1978
Walking Proud
Lyrics, My Story
„When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.“
— Zack Snyder American film director, film producer, and screenwriter 1966
„Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.“
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein
Origine: Frankenstein
„Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.“
— J. P. Donleavy Novelist, playwright, essayist 1926 - 2017
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S (New York: Delacorte Press, 1966) pp. 62-3.
„And it always seems to stick in one's mind more than reality does.“
— Terry Gilliam American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe 1940
As quoted in "Terry Gilliam reflects to Dreams about the making of Dr Parnassus" by Phil Stubbs http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/parntgrf.htm
Contesto: We read Dover Books, because you can steal from them. The medieval imagery and iconography is so good for the imagination. Trying to describe the world, trying to describe the cosmos, trying to put it down in neat orderly fashion, unlike reality. And it always seems to stick in one's mind more than reality does.
„How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?“
— Lisa See, libro Peony in Love
Origine: Peony in Love
„I've been in pain hope it doesn't show
I've been insane well the time is slow“
— John Frusciante American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer 1970
Been Insane
Lyrics, Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt (1994)
„Though life seems painful, at the same time it is wonderful“
— Ritsuko Okazaki Japanese singer 1959 - 2004
空色(Sorairo), Siki
Lyrics
Originale: (ja) 生きるのは苦しいの 同じくらい素敵なの
— Carl Friedrich Gauss German mathematician and physical scientist 1777 - 1855
Letter to Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1830)
— Clive Barker author, film director and visual artist 1952
Part Seven “The Demagogue”, Chapter vi “Hello, Stranger”, Section 2 (p. 307)
(1987), BOOK TWO: THE FUGUE
