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“I will use a form of punctuation of my own, which will be something like this - when one is beginning he takes a long breath, for this use a capital. When he stops for breath, a comma, and when it is all gone, a period. Don't know the use of a semi-colon, but expect it is when one thinks he is out of breath and isn't.”
Source : Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“There is this quality, in things, of the right way seeming wrong at first.”
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“We don't even get food for 2 times a day, still I didn't give up and continued to play football”
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“Society has put before you the ideal of a 'perfect man'. No matter in which culture you were born, you have scriptural doctrines and traditions handed down to you to tell you how to behave. You are told that through due practice you can even eventually come into the state attained by the sages, saints and saviors of mankind. And so you try to control your behavior, to control your thoughts, to be something unnatural.”
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“There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me.”
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“Its important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.”
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“I love my bed. It is larger than a desk and better designed to hold books and papers. It is softer than a desk and better designed for naps. It is the center of all good things. And day or night, everyone knows where to find me.”
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“Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.”
Source : Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.24, eKitap Projesi
