"It is a sign of maturity... to find explanations in charity."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Maturity Quotes #Southern Quotes #Charity Quotes

“A strong marriage requires two people who choose to love each other even on those days when they struggle to like each other.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Apr 21, 2017
“I do not envy the owners of very large gardens. The garden should fit its owner or his or her tastes, just as one's clothes do; it should be neither too large nor too small, but just comfortable.”
“why, the only reason for religion is that it can make you, keep you safe. If religion weren't true, then there would be no salvation, no comfort for being alive and alone, there would be nothing but living and dying - no, that cannot be so ... of course religion is true and will save me ...”
“If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A citizen of the United States of America is someone who has sworn an oath of allegiance to that document, to the words, to the ideals of that document. Right now we have citizens who don't even understand what that document is.”
“I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.”
“But the surface of the Earth was meant for man. He wasn't meant to live in a hole in the ground.”
“The normal cut in a theatrical film is anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds. That means thousands of images in a film over a couple of hours. In Visitors the cuts come every 70-plus seconds. The point of view is that the stiller one can be the more open to their senses they become. The whole world is quick right now. If things can be slowed down they stay in memory longer.”

Source : "Interview: Godfrey Reggio Returns With the Breathtaking 4K Film 'Visitors'". Interview with Zachary Wigon, tribecafilm.com. January 24, 2014.
“I will always dance in the street.”

Source : "Live From..." with Kyra Phillips, edition.cnn.com. January 24, 2006.

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