"Let it all be animal, my life and death, hard and clean like that, anything but human...a lot I care, me with my red heart in the dark earth and my tattooed feet following the animal ways."

-- Vali Myers

#Heart Quotes #Dark Quotes #Animal Quotes

“The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.”
“Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut-a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the immigrant, he would forever remain driven back upon himself, corroded by the very richness of the unused gifts within his soul.”

Source : "Hungry Hearts and Other Stories" by Anzia Yezierska, ("How I Found America", pt. 3), 1920.
“The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.”
“By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis the waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.”
“Being called a person, as such, indicates that one should only have one character and be true to it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“When I did the album Electric Circus, not only was it not commercially received. But even the critics and hip-hop community was like "What is this?" At that moment, I could've been written off. But I had to believe because I really love what I do. I'm passionate about it. If 12 million recognize it, that's beautiful. If 12,000 do, that's beautiful. But I'm always going to put my heart and soul in it and I'm going to shoot for the stars and go for the highest levels of recognition and creativity. I definitely doubted myself at the time. But it always come back to believing what I do.”
“An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.”
“Any book is better than no book. Slowly, surely, one will lead you to another, which will lead you to the best.”

Source : J. R. Moehringer (2012). “Sutton”, p.97, Hachette UK

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