"Grief! thou art classed amongst the depressing passions. And true it is that thou humblest to the dust, but also thou exaltest to the clouds. Thou shakest us with ague, but also thou steadiest like frost. Thou sickenest the heart, but also thou healest its infirmities."

-- Thomas de Quincey

#Depressing Quotes #Art Quotes #Grief Quotes

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.”
“It takes intelligence and training, self-discipline and fine-sensibility, to gain renewed life through leisure occupation. America now suffers spiritual poverty, and art must become more fully American life before her leisure can become culture.”
“If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.”
“It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists.”
“The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.”
“Reality isn't the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be but the way they actually are.”

Source : robert j. ringer (1974). “winning through intimidation”
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”
“I have my dream job! As a young person training as an actor, walking on the WB studio lot is a dream in itself.”

Source : "17 Questions with PLL's Keegan Allen". Interview with Kara McGrath, www.seventeen.com. June 28, 2011.

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