"As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed."

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Source : Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (1979). “Three Plays”, p.42, Grove Press

Banana Yoshimoto

#Rocks Quotes #Feet Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“For I bring not a religion... but a Person, who loves people, who died for them on the cross. For Jesus died for the sins of the whole world and He will not that any one should perish. He understands every single individual.”
“I eat like a horse - my mother still brings me Cadbury's chocolate from Britain; I do have a very healthy appetite - but I work out.”
“Fortune is like a widow won,And truckles to the bold alone.”

Source : William Somervile (1802*). “The poetical works of William Somervile, with the life of the author. Cooke's ed”, p.78
“Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion.”
“If I get invited somewhere I can never usually say no. And then I don't leave until I'm asked to.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“I was touring a lot... I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Do you want to feel insecure? Count the number of Christmas cards you sent out, and then count those you received.”
“This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry home the hay, cut and collect wood, and perform all manner of tasks of this kind.”

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