"I said only one word, brought only one message: Love. Love - nothing else."

-- Nikos Kazantzakis

#Life Quotes #Messages Quotes #Said Quotes

“When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.”
“For me it was a normality having a father who was a world champion. I grew up with that, so it was never extra pressure. And I've never felt the need to emerge from his shadow.”
“When you’re young, whatever you do that makes you stand out is a frightening thing. You learn later that that’s what you want to do, stand out.”
“We had no desire to live in Istanbul, nor in Paris or New York. Let them have their discos and dollars, their skycrapers and supersonics transports. Let them have their radios and their color TV, hey, we have ours, don't we? But we have something they don't have. Heart. We have heart. Look, look how the light of life seeps into my very heart”
“I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.”
“It was like an explosion. You just don't get ready for it. I don't even know how you can, because you just don't expect it. For me, up until that point, you would do a gig, and then you'd go out and try to find the next job.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?”

Source : Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company
“I will not listen to your verse on an empty stomach!" declared the Vicomte. "You have no soul," said Philippe sadly. "But I have a stomach, and it cries aloud for sustenance." "I weep for you," said Philip. "Why do I waste my poetic gems upon you?”

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