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quotes by topic Contrast

" In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. "

Natan Sharansky

Fear , Dissent , Contrast

" Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful. "

Rest , Contrast

" But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right. "

Adversity , Contrast , Life

" My wretched passions were acute, smarting, from my continual, sickly irritability I had hysterical impulses, with tears and convulsions. I had no resource except reading, that is, there was nothing in my surroundings which I could respect and which attracted me. I was overwhelmed with depression, too; I had an hysterical craving for incongruity and for contrast, and so I took to vice. "

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Contrast , craving

" You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes". "

Happiness , Contrast

" Red was ruby, green was fluorescent, yellow was simply incandescent. Color was life. Color was everything.Color, you see, was the universal sign of magic. "

Contrast , Color

Home , Isolation , Contrast

Natan Sharansky

Fear , Dissent , Contrast