Staring and staring into the mirror, it sees many faces within its face - the face of the child, the boy, the young man, the not-so-young man - all present still, preserved like fossils on superimposed layers, and, like fossils, dead. Their message to this live dying creature is: Look at us - we have died - what is there to be afraid of? It answers them: But that happened so gradually, so easily. I'm afraid of being rushed.
A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than… - Christopher Isherwood
A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than…
- Christopher Isherwood
By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress. - Christopher Isherwood
By helping yourself, you are helping humankind. By helping humankind, you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress.
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking. - Christopher Isherwood
I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination. - Christopher Isherwood
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.
I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it. - Christopher Isherwood
I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed. - Christopher Isherwood
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed.
Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent. - Christopher Isherwood
Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent.
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. - Christopher Isherwood
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers.
I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent. - Christopher Isherwood
I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
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