"The sun in my life, it is gone, it is gone"

-- Adam Hills

#Gone Quotes #Sun Quotes

“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.”
“The poet wants to ‘say’ something. Why, then, doesn’t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his metaphors? Through his metaphors, he risks saying it partially and obscurely, and risks saying nothing at all. But the risk must be taken, for direct statement leads to abstraction and threatens to take us out of poetry altogether.”
“Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.”
“But one day I woke up and heard myself saying, I am a fork being used to eat cereal. I am not a spoon. I am a fork. And I canâ€™t help people eat cereal any longer.”

Source : Rivka Galchen (2014). “American Innovations: Stories”, p.10, Macmillan
“I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful. I'm more of an artist. I just try to make myself more a part of the most beautiful painting as possible. And enjoy it.”

Source : Source: cynthialynnchronicles.com
“It's really a full-time job to manage our lives.”

Source : "The New American Couple". Article by Lea Goldman, www.marieclaire.com. March 20, 2011.
“Your obstacles define your achievements, and without those obstacles, you're just another bland nothing.”
“You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.”

Source : Michael Frayn (2015). “Sweet Dreams”, p.90, Faber & Faber

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