"Love / Through all the ups and downs the joys and hurts / Love / For better or worse I still will choose you first"

-- Musiq

#Hurt Quotes #Joy Quotes #Love Hurt Quotes

“As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.”
“My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.”

Source : "Olivia Williams: My family values" by Maureen Patton, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2012.
“It's not so bad to live out of a suitcase. It's a really beautiful life.”

Source : Mlive.com, July 02, 2005.
“...I just gave up trying to be a Christian... Let's face it, I ain't got the knack for holiness. Besides, I didn't have the slightest little desire to join the likes of Reverend Pelham at the dinner table for fourteen minutes, much less at the banquet table of Heaven eternally. Eternity is a mighty long time to be stuck with people who judge every word you say and think and condemn most of what you do. It struck me as pretty miserable company. And if Reverend Pelham was the kind of company God preferred to keep, well, I just hoped they'd be happy together.”
“Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.”
“I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes its fun, sometimes its annoying.”

Source : Interview with Novid Parsi, www.timeout.com. May 10, 2011.
“I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.”
“To discover that you can paint without special talent is a great revelation. An endless stream runs through you, enough to paint for lifetimes. Talent is universal. You can dip into that source to your heart's content. Everyone is good at what comes to them spontaneously. If nothing is put in your way, talent will meet you there.”

Source : Michele Cassou, Stewart Cubley (1996). “Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous”, p.34, Penguin

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