"All narratives, even the confusing, are implicitly hopeful; they speak of a world that can be ordered, and thus understood."

-- Lucy Grealy

#Hopeful Quotes #Confusing Quotes #World Quotes

“Most people say that as you get old, you have to give up things. I think you get old because you give up things.”
“Love is a desire for that lost half of ourselves.”
“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 31, 2009
“What's funny about my voice is, no matter what I sing, I sound like I'm really sad. I don't even mean to do it, it's just something my voice has. I think that's one of the reasons why Okkervil has been dubbed as really mopey - I have this tone to my voice that sounds like that.”
“If itâ€™s a revolution it canâ€™t be predictable. And if itâ€™s predictable it canâ€™t be a revolution.”
“God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible College at the time. I remember hearing the gospel in Sunday School and I talked to my Mom about it one night before bed. It was clear to me that I was a sinner and I was not going to heaven if I died without accepting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for me. I was brought to Christ out of fear of going to hell. I didn't want to go there if I died and there was only one other choice in my mind as a 4 year old. I wanted to go to heaven. It was and is that simple.”
“I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better.”
“You can really get into it - especially in the movies, where you really have the time to get into your character and play her well.”

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