"First loves were powerful and private,and they stayed with you for a very long time. A lifetime.(...) There would always be a small,intimate piece of your heart tucked away for the person you loved first."

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Source : Lauren Weisberger (2014). “Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

Lauren Weisberger

#Powerful Quotes #Heart Quotes #First Love Quotes

“George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.”
“One thing about winning a Pulitzer, it means you know what the first three words of your obituary will be: Pulitzer Prize-winner. After winning the Pulitzer, I couldn't help but notice how people suddenly looked at me with a newfound respect, and would say, "He's an expert." On the negative side, I developed a terrible case of writer's block for awhile, because I felt like readers would expect every one of my columns to be prize worthy.”

Source : "Clarence Page: The 'Culture Worrier' interview". Interview with Kam Williams, baystatebanner.com. March 12, 2015.
“McEnroe respects one guy -- himself, and that's it.”
“I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.”
“It takes 3 weeks to break a habit, 6 weeks to develop a new habit and 36 weeks to hardwire this new habit.”
“When an actor is in the moment, he or she is engaged in listening for the next right thing creatively. When a painter is painting, he or she may begin with a plan, but that plan is soon surrendered to the painting's own plan. This is often expressed as 'The brush takes the next stroke.' In dance, in composition, in sculpture, the experience is the same: we are more the conduit than the creator of what we express”
“The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.”

Source : D.T. Suzuki (2011). “Essays in Zen Buddhism”, p.251, Souvenir Press
“But there are still the hours, aren't there? One and then another, and you get through that one and then, my god, there's another.”

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