"Politeness costs little and yields much."

-- Anne-Therese de Marguenat de Courcelles

#Yield Quotes #Cost Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Granana doesn't understand what the big deal is. She didn't cry at Olivia's funeral, and I doubt she even remembers Olivia's name. Granana lost, like, ninety-two million kids in childbirth. All of her brothers died in the war. She survived the Depression by stealing radish bulbs from her neighbors' garden, and fishing the elms for pigeons. Dad likes to remind us of this in a grave voice, as if it explained her jaundiced pitilessness: "Boys. Your grandmother ate pigeons.”
“I like to sing around the bonfire, in my car and in the shower,”
“That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.”
“Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance.”
“Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe in the character, how can you be scared for them?”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Just as thoughts, send out vibrations to which there is a creative and attractive power, gratitude stimulates the field of etheric energy that surrounds you on a subtle level to bring into your life more of what brings you joy.”
“How could I think the brief years were enough To prove the reality of endless love?”

Source : Delmore Schwartz (1967). “Selected Poems (1938-1958): Summer Knowledge”, p.200, New Directions Publishing
“There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.”

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