"We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still. Lovers, farmers, and artists have one thing in common, at least - a fear of 'dry spells,' dormant periods in which we do no blooming, internal droughts only the waters of imagination and psychic release can civilize."

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Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA

Gretel Ehrlich

#Artist Quotes #Psychics Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I'd try it out.”
“Suffering ignites the spark of contact with the sublime and offers proof of humanity ...”

Source : Lydia Millet (2005). “Oh Pure and Radiant Heart”, p.214, Soft Skull Press
“None of us are entirely well, and none of us are irrecoverably sick.”

Source : Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.12, Delacorte Press
“No wonder so many sermons are devoted exclusively to "spiritual" subjects. If one is living by the tithes of history's most destructive economy, then the disembodiment of the soul becomes the chief of worldly conveniences.”
“Book marketing is like opening doors for your readers to find you, not a stick you hit them with.”
“Listening to radio was like group meditation or a moment of silence in church. You can't get the same effect with TV unless you're very drunk.”
“I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think thats the main difference.”

Source : NDTV interview, sports.ndtv.com. June 2, 2012.
“Medicine is only palliative. For behind disease lies the cause and this cause NO DRUG can reach.”

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