"The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you..."

-- Lawrence Durrell

#Art Quotes #Impact Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat.”
“When you co-operate with an injustice, then a little bit of your spirit dies.”
“Because of Walter, we did it the other way around. We also worked with an awesome sound designer named Will Patterson who just worked for four years on Terrence Malick's films. He did a lot of conceptual work to make the soundscapes in the jungle have this surreal quality, to blend these two films because a lot of the images are about this parallelism between the movies. The sound was very integral to fusing everything.”
“I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.”
“The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.”
“Faith is obscure. By faith a man moves through darkness; but he moves securely, his hand in the hand of God. He is literally seeing through the eyes of God.”
“Before you speak, my friend, remember, a spiritual man contain his anger. Angry words are like slap in de face.”

Source : Chris Abani (2005). “GraceLand: A Novel”, p.9, Macmillan
“I'd feel better about myself if I did stomach crunches, but I don't.”

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