"Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently."

-- James Gibbons

“Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.”
“The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no "meaning," they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again, another day.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (2008). “The Snow Leopard”, p.234, Penguin
“Republicans have to move to a point of greater unity.”
“From what I have observed, when the anesthesia of love wears off, there is always the pain of consequences. You don't have to be stupid to marry the wrong man.”
“Join the bold, the brazen, the unintimidated. Join not having excuses. Join the idea that fun is the source of all joy. Join the unwillingness to give up. Join doing things your way. Join not joining. Join that purpose is stronger than outcome. Join your gut. Join the constant challenge of seeking greatness. Join play. Join the hunger to find what makes you happy. Join karma and nature and the effect you have on your world. Join your philosophy. Join something bigger than you. Join what you believe.”
“For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world.”
“I've been in a car three or four times when it filled with water and it's not a comfortable feeling.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Home?' I say. It's a word that can mean anywhere and nowhere.”

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