"I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet."

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Source : O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.131, Delphi Classics

O. Henry

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“Hope is not just... out in the sky, or not accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.”

Source : Source: www.menshealth.com
“A general must be shot or befriended - but never hurt.”

Source : Salvador de Madariaga (1943). “Spain”
“To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death.”
“As Cuba's leader, Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority.”
“The money will go but the trophies will always be there.”
“If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.”

Source : "Patti Stanger: "What I've Learned About Love"". The Shape Interview, www.shape.com.
“I had seen how in an instant, those you called friends could suddenly become tormentors, sniffing out a weakness or a difference, turning their own fear of ostracism into a weapon with which they could beat the victim away, afraid that being an outsider, and individual even, was somehow infectious.”

Source : Meera Syal (1996). “Anita and Me”, Indus
“I don't walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says 'cowboy' that's a bit of an over-compensation, probably.”

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