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81 " In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the criminal delight of decadent art. The watcher who records the crimes (both the artist and consumer of art) is constructed as marginal, powerless to act, and so exculpated from action, passive subject of a complex pleasure, condemning and yet enjoying suffering imposed on others, and condemning himself for his own enjoyment. In this masochistic celebration of disempowerment, the sharpest pleasure recorded is that of the death of some important part of humanity. The dignity of human life is the ultimate victim of Lorrain's art, thrown away on a welter of delighted self-disgust. "
― Jennifer Birkett
82 " In essence, we live only to die; the Christian dies only to live; it is a celebration of life, not death. "
― Danny L. Deaubé , I Will Praise You in the Storm: The Story of Stephen and Holly Deaubé, a Journey of Faith
83 " My bisexuality is part of the expression of the flexibility, the changeability of my spirit that feels essential and precious to the center of my life. My bisexuality is a part of my desire to remain an outsider, to be able to " pass" into polarized worlds, to abandon expectation, to honor the mystery of being. My bisexuality is a celebration of the ever-opening flesh, the expansive, fluid mirror of social discourse. "
84 " I've interrupted a party. Is it in celebration of the peace or in honor of the next war? "
― Winston Graham , Ross Poldark (Poldark #1)
85 " At the wondrous moment you were born, as you took your first breath, a great celebration was held in the heavens and twelve magnificent gifts were granted to you. "
― Charlene Costanzo , The Twelve Gifts of Birth
86 " The body is more than the temple of the soul. It’s the grounded celebration of its rapture. "
― S. Kelley Harrell, M. Div. , Life Betwixt: Essays on Allies in the Everyday and Shamanism Among (Intentional Insights Blog-to-Book Series 2)
87 " Listen. In every office you hear the threads of love and joy and fear and guilt, the cries for celebration and reassurance, and somehow you know that connecting those threads is what you are supposed to do and business takes care of itself. "