"When I write this in bed, I can almost hear the echo of the wind over the sand, or the groans of wooden panels around me. I can almost smell the dustiness of the camel, taste the bitterness of saltbush. And when I dream, your warm hands cover my shoulders. Your whispers carry stories and sound like the rustle of spinifex. I still wear that ring, you know... at night, when no one is watching."

-- Lucy Christopher

#Dream Quotes #Writing Quotes #Night Quotes

“Itt iss Eevillâ€¦" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"â€¦ "And weâ€™re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "â€¦some of the best fighters have come from your own planetâ€¦" "Who have our fighters been?" Calvin asked. "Oh, you must know them, dear," Mrs.Whatsit said. Mrs.Whoâ€™s spectacles shone out at them triumphantly. "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
“I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail.”
“For one thing, I don't think art needs to be about suffering; sometimes it really seems like it's only the art about pain that is interpreted as profound, and in my work for years I've really tried to deal with subjects that are substantial, not just fluffy, but presented in a more playful, approachable kind of way.”

Source : "Interview: Ellen Forney on Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and 'Marbles'". Interview with Eddie Wright, www.mtv.com. November 28, 2012.
“I can't say I'm thankful about being German because I sometimes experience it as a huge burden. But it is an integral part of me and I wouldn't want to escape it. I have accepted it.”

Source : "Bernhard Schlink: being German is a huge burden". Interview with Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.
“Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.”
“What depresses me is the inevitable way the second rate forges ahead and the deserving is left behind.”
“It's true, I don't like the whole cutoff-shorts-and-T-shirt look, but I think you can look fantastic in casual clothes.”
“We seek neither convenience nor ease, but to live at the edge of possibility.”

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