"This time of year, I live and breathe the beach. My cheeks feel raw with the wind throwing sand against them. My thighs sting from the friction of the saddle. My arms ache from holding up two thousand pounds of horse. I have forgotten what it is like to be warm and what a full nightâ€™s sleep feels like and what my name sounds like spoken instead of shouted across yards of sand. I am so, so alive."

-- Maggie Stiefvater

#Beach Quotes #Horse Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal.”
“A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.”
“Legend has it that every new technology is first used for something related to sex or pornography. That seems to be the way of humankind.”
“If you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can go to our Father in Heaven.”

Source : J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.324, e-artnow
“I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message in a bottle, a shout in the dark. It's saying, 'I'm here and I believe that you are somewhere and that you will answer if necessary across time, not necessarily in my lifetime.'”
“We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't.”
“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”

Source : William Morris, Norman Kelvin (1999). “William Morris on Art and Socialism”, p.17, Courier Corporation
“I was thinking about hitting races and stuff, but it's just, I think it's more of the era of when I was a kid and it just brings back memories. I gotta just chill and live in the past.”

Source : "Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 on staying young through BMX". Interview with David Anthony, music.avclub.com. May 27, 2015.

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