More from Jean Cocteau
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau There’s no such thing as love; only proof of love.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau The eyes of the dead are closed gently; we also have to open gently the eyes of the living.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau After you have written a thing and you reread it, there is always the temptation to fix it up, to improve it, to remove its poison, blunt its sting.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Silence moves faster when it’s going backward.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau French people are Italian people in a bad mood.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau The poet, by composing poems, uses a language that is neither dead nor living, that few people speak, and few people understand We are the servants of an unknown force that lives within us, manipulates us, and dictates this language to us.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh
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More on addiction
I’m addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn’t matter.
Steven WrightSteven Wright How serious can an addiction to sunglasses be?
Rohit SharmaRohit Sharma Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti I’m addicted to something at all times. Like, it’s always music, but maybe sometimes it’s a pair of pants or something else. That’s just how my personality works.
Mac MillerMac Miller I’m addicted to you as a man to a cigarette.
BelaBela Some of her addictions were weird. They have heartbeats.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya You’re the addiction that takes away all my sorrows.
BelaBela I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney
