"It's not the fledgling birds that are thrown out of the nest by their parents and made to fly; it's the parents who are made to get the hell out of cozy family nest by their teenage offspring. It's we who are made to be independent of them, crash-landing if we don't manage it."

-- Rosamund Lupton

#Teenage Quotes #Independent Quotes #Bird Quotes

“Art is the aesthetic ordering of experience to express meanings in symbolic terms.”

Source : Daniel Bell (1991). “The Winding Passage: Sociological Essays and Journeys”, p.20, Transaction Publishers
“I've been so blessed to work with the people I have.”
“You should see some of the things people tweet me. There have been death wishes on my Twitter timeline.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If we're doing this for ten hours, I'm going to need a little incentive to stay motivated." Patch hooked his elbow around my neck and dragged me into a kiss. "Every time you strip my sword, I owe you a kiss. How's that sound?" I bit my lip to keep from giggling. "That sounds really dirty." Patch waggled his eyebrows. "Look whose mind just rolled into the gutter. Two kisses per strip. Any objections?" I pulled on an innocent face. "None whatsoever.”
“The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person.”
“I like my surroundings to be pretty spare and severe. It helps me to concentrate on my work. All I ever do here is go from my studio to my bedroom. Everything else is extraneous. I never entertain, because to me, New York is about meeting people in public spaces, absorbing a little bit of their energy.”
“Is love stronger when it let's go or when it holds on?”

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2004). “Kartography”, p.260, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“You need to be locally relevant, globally consistent.”

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