"War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly."

-- Aminatta Forna

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Survival Quotes

“You mustnt forget the circumstances I have been brought up in, the little education I have had.”

Source : Isaac Rosenberg (2015). “Delphi Complete Poetry, Plays, Letters and Prose of Isaac Rosenberg (Illustrated)”, p.326, Delphi Classics
“When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.”
“Sympathy one receives for nothing, envy must be earned.”
“Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.”

Source : 'The Constant Couple' (1699) act 5, sc. 3
“I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.”
“Forgiveness frees the forgiver.”
“When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.”
“Actually, it seems like every time I'm about to pack it in, that's when I get a job.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. May 15, 2007.

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