"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."

-- Iris DeMent

#Writing Quotes #Dwelling Quotes #People Quotes

“And this movie [Real Steel] definitely looks like nothing else I've made, which was the point. I think also, Evangeline and Hugh are such a fantastic... Their chemistry is so genuine. And also it's a good balance to all those visual effects. It'll give you more of the tone.”
“Daring to dream means daring to live.”
“No one expects the rug to be yanked out from underneath them; life-changing events usually donâ€™t announce themselves. While instinct and intuition can help provide some warning signs, they can do little to prepare you for the feeling of rootlessness that follows when fate flips your world upside down. Anger, confusion, sadness, and frustration are shaken up together inside you like a snow globe. It takes years for the emotional dust to settle as you do your best to see through the storm.”

Source : Slash (2012). “Slash: The Autobiography”, p.26, HarperCollins UK
“You write to help yourself think better, then think to help yourself write better.”
“God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.”
“The hush comes with the deepening of Autumn; but it comes gradually. Our ears are attuned to it, day by quieter day. But even now, if one awakens in the deep darkness of the small hours, one can hear it, a foretaste of Winter silence. Itâ€™s a little painful now, and a little lonely because it is so strange.”
“It is curious to be treated by the old-fashioned people as a criminal because my thoughts and ways are beyond them.”
“An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction.”

Source : Johnson v. Harris, 3 W.R. 104, 1854.

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