Anatole France

Two quotes today. Because I can!

“The most ignorant of all people is a person who is self assured in his or her premature decisions.”

Auliq Ice

“Hard it is to suffer through stupid people. They make you feel sorry for them, and if your sorrow is as great as your hurt, you will allow them to go […]

“There’s the theory that nudity doesn’t really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.”

Tim Robbins

“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”

J. K. Rowling

“So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it’s very rare that you see it private.’

Ang Lee

“He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt.”

Anaïs Nin,  Delta of Venus

For people who insist they enjoy “erotica” and not porn ;-)

“Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.”

Adam Phillips, Monogamy

Jacques Rivette –

Since he passed away today, here are several quotes from a lifetime of pushing the envelope:

“People who go to, say, one film every two weeks and tell themselves, “I will see the great films, but not the others, not the commercial movies,” I think those people have no chance of really seeing cinema. […]

Took a break from updating my blog daily while I redesigned the site.

Work is almost complete so it’s time to resume daily posts.

Thank you for your patience!

Amanda

“Immature people falling in love destroy each other’s freedom, create a bondage, make a prison. Mature persons in love help each other to be free; they help each other to destroy all sorts of bondages. And when love flows with freedom there is beauty. When love flows with dependence there is ugliness.

A mature person does […]