"Having an answer is a comfort. It's when you start asking questions and those questions pull threads in the larger fabric, you're forced to wonder what you're left with. And for people of any age, it's scary to think the fabric of the universe - or the universe as you've always believed it existed - can just unwind, you know?"

-- Robin Epstein

#Thinking Quotes #Asking Questions Quotes #People Quotes

“There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.”
“We will be able to achieve a just and prosperous society only when our schools ensure that everyone commands enough shared background knowledge to be able to communicate effectively with everyone else.”
“In the same way that slavery was a moral challenge for the 19th century and totalitarianism was a challenge for the 20th century, the challenge that women and girls face around the world is the moral challenge of our time.”
“I've always played music because it just feels right and have been grateful for everything I have and the shows that I play. Even when I was playing coffee shops; it's how its always been.”
“Journalism is organized gossip.”
“Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain.”
“I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.”
“Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.”

Source : Pico Iyer (2011). “Tropical Classical: Essays from Several Directions”, p.546, Vintage

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