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Descent Quotes

Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a memory of a curve of her shoulder, naked, as he had never seen it Picture Quote #1

Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends Picture Quote #1

The classic business story is much like the classic human story. There is rise and fall; the overcoming of great odds, the upholding of principles despite the cost, questions of rivalry and succession, and even the possibility of descent into madness Picture Quote #1

In asking forgiveness of women for our mythologizing of their bodies, for being unreal about them, we can only appeal to their own sexuality, which is different but not basically different, perhaps, from our own. For women, too, there seems to be that tangle of supplication and possessiveness, that descent toward infantile undifferentiation, that omnipotent helplessness, that merger with the cosmic mother-warmth, that flushed pulse-quickened leap into overestimation, projection, general mix-up Picture Quote #1

To rise above treeline is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into bird song, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves Picture Quote #1

Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the rate of descent gets steep Picture Quote #1

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She had been a comet; and her blazing descent through dark skies had been plain for all to see Picture Quote #1

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent Picture Quote #1

There are, above all, times in which the human reality, always mobile, accelerates, and bursts into vertiginous speeds. Our time is such a one, for it is made of descent and fall Picture Quote #1

If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy Picture Quote #1

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead Picture Quote #1

Genealogy, n. An account of one’s descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own Picture Quote #1

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When passion has wrecked the body in one life, it is stamped upon the seed atom. In the next descent to rebirth, it is therefore impossible for him to gather sound material with which to build a brain of stable construction Picture Quote #1

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines Picture Quote #1

In general, watching children’s television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you Picture Quote #1

...the worlds represent increasing phases of densification, the involuting descent of spirit into matter, where the way becomes harder and longer Picture Quote #1

In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill rather than endure the panic Picture Quote #1

Whether we’re conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication Picture Quote #1

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A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors Picture Quote #1

Those human groups that entertain a subjective belief in their common descent because of similarities of physical type or of customs or both, or because of memories of colonization and migration; this belief must be important for group formation; furthermore it does not matter whether an objective blood relationship exists Picture Quote #1

Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego’s regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society’s longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas Picture Quote #1

I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form? Picture Quote #1

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Thinking no more about it, he stepped off into that cool space, that fast descent to her, with nothing in his mind but a memory of a curve of her shoulder, naked, as he had never seen it (Descent Quotes) Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends (Descent Quotes) The classic business story is much like the classic human story. There is rise and fall; the overcoming of great odds, the upholding of principles despite the cost, questions of rivalry and succession, and even the possibility of descent into madness (Descent Quotes) In asking forgiveness of women for our mythologizing of their bodies, for being unreal about them, we can only appeal to their own sexuality, which is different but not basically different, perhaps, from our own. For women, too, there seems to be that tangle of supplication and possessiveness, that descent toward infantile undifferentiation, that omnipotent helplessness, that merger with the cosmic mother-warmth, that flushed pulse-quickened leap into overestimation, projection, general mix-up (Descent Quotes) To rise above treeline is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into bird song, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves (Descent Quotes) Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the rate of descent gets steep (Descent Quotes) She had been a comet; and her blazing descent through dark skies had been plain for all to see (Descent Quotes) Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent (Descent Quotes) There are, above all, times in which the human reality, always mobile, accelerates, and bursts into vertiginous speeds. Our time is such a one, for it is made of descent and fall (Descent Quotes) If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy (Descent Quotes) His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead (Descent Quotes) Genealogy, n. An account of one’s descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own (Descent Quotes) When passion has wrecked the body in one life, it is stamped upon the seed atom. In the next descent to rebirth, it is therefore impossible for him to gather sound material with which to build a brain of stable construction (Descent Quotes) The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines (Descent Quotes) In general, watching children’s television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you (Descent Quotes) ...the worlds represent increasing phases of densification, the involuting descent of spirit into matter, where the way becomes harder and longer (Descent Quotes) In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill rather than endure the panic (Descent Quotes) Whether we’re conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication (Descent Quotes) A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors (Descent Quotes) Those human groups that entertain a subjective belief in their common descent because of similarities of physical type or of customs or both, or because of memories of colonization and migration; this belief must be important for group formation; furthermore it does not matter whether an objective blood relationship exists (Descent Quotes) Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego’s regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society’s longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas (Descent Quotes) I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form? (Descent Quotes)

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