Soe Hok Gie quotes

Soe Hok Gie quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Nobody can see the trouble I see, nobody knows my sorrow.”
-- Soe Hok Gie

#Sorrow Quotes #Trouble Quotes #Nobody Knows Quotes
“I'm not an idealist anymore, I'm a bitter realist.”
-- Soe Hok Gie

#Bitter Quotes #Realist Quotes #Idealist Quotes
“To be a human is to be destroyed.”
-- Soe Hok Gie

#Humans Quotes

“To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not be without experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never really lived..”
“Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.”

Source : Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
“I've always just had troubles with my family because I'm psychotic. It had nothing to do with that.”
“I can promote until I am blue in the face, but ultimately nobody knows what makes a hit.”
“Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.”
“That's the great thing about the future - nobody knows what's going to happen. That's what makes it all exciting.”
“When you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier.”
“Death is funny, when you think about it. Everybody does it, but nobody knows how, exactly how.”
“The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are...so make up your own rules.”
“Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows?”

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