"Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't the faith or hope that we can, it is the demonstration that we can."

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Source : Edward Bond (2013). “Lear”, p.12, A&C Black

Edward Bond

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“To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.”
“There are people out there who pay their hard earned money to see a good show and people who work 9 to 5 and they saved their money and they want to see the best show possible.”
“You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved.”

Source : Matthew Thomas (2014). “We Are Not Ourselves: A Novel”, p.594, Simon and Schuster
“We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability.”
“The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.”

Source : Anna Julia Cooper (1990). “A Voice From the South”, p.70, Oxford University Press
“Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst”

Source : Susan Cheever (2011). “Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography”, p.181, Simon and Schuster
“Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.”
“For all of us involved in preaching the gospel, performing music, publishing Christian materials, and all the rest, there is an uncomfortable message here: Jesus is not terribly impressed with religious commercialism”

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