"...I know all about myself now, I know. You've told me so often. You haven't left me one rag of illusion to clothe myself in."

-- Jean Rhys

#Rags Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“Michelle Pfeiffer in Tim Burton's 'Batman' was one of the most inspiring - I saw that and I was like, 'I want to be her, I want to do that.'”
“Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.”
“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.”
“God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed.”
“This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.”
“Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die.”
“An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.”

Source : William Pickens (1969). “The new Negro: his political, civil, and mental status, and related essays”
“Music is a solace for me now. As I age, contrary to common sense, I am more and more drawn into it and apt to spend more of my waking and some of my sleeping hours thinking about it, or just feeling about it. It is my escape.”

Source : "A Musician's Diary". Essay by Mark Heard. "Bearing the Mystery: Twenty Years of IMAGE". Book by Gregory Wolfe, 2009.

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