Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
AUDRE LORDEGuilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
AUDRE LORDEWhat an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIn the street, people talk to you about all kinds of things, but by far, the most number of people talk to me about Love, Actually.
BILL NIGHYI am very interested in loyalty, even if the person to whom one is loyal is flawed, criminal, or otherwise in the wrong.
A. M. HOMESEngland is nothing but the last ward of the European madhouse, and quite possibly it will prove to be the ward for particularly violent cases.
LEON TROTSKYThe power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern . . . this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience.
HENRY JAMESI see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhen you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
SIVANANDAI just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting is a kids’ game.
BAILEY CHASEIt is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
THOMAS CARLYLEBut the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
SHERYL SANDBERGMade up of water, made up of fire too. Cracking and burning, pouring it out to you.
SAYED ABBASSince I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don’t know whether I’m alive or whether I died. I wasn’t afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn’t feel fear. But I am afraid. I don’t understand why.
ANDY WARHOLA house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.
BRAM STOKERBut the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
JANE FONDAFrom their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.
ADELE FABER