"Just at the turn of the tide, nature held its breath - no bird sang, everything seemed to be waiting and waiting. And then, sure enough, as if someone had flicked a switch, everything started in motion again."

-- M.C. Beaton

#Ocean Quotes #Bird Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.”
“Paul Beatty for "The Sellout" sounds like a relevant story for our times. It's playful, uses deep thought and seems to be taking advantage of everything literature can do when tackling difficult issues.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Hello again, violinist,' he said in a hoarse voice. 'Fancy meeting you here.”
“Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's like touching skin.”
“As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter.”
“Artistically, you want to be able to do a lot of things that can challenge you to not just stay in the same thing.”
“The Pentecostal power, when you sum it all up, is just more of God's love. If it does not bring more love, it is simply a counterfeit.”
“A sense of duty imprisons you.”

Source : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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