"Our stories are the tellers of us."

--

Chris Cleave

#Stories Quotes

“My goal is to drop 10 projects in 2013. All albums. I gotta do it. I know the 10 projects I want to drop.”
“Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.”
“I grew up thinking there was one unpardonable sin â€“ to be boring.”
“Rabindranath Tagore writes that the song he wanted to sing has never happened because he spent his days "stringing and unstringing" his instrument. Whenever I read these lines a certain sadness enters my soul. I get so preoccupied with the details and pressure of my schedule, with the hurry and worry of life, that I miss the song of goodness which is waiting to be sung through me.”
“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country.”

Source : Noah Webster (2009). “A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings on Moral, Historical, Political, and Literary Subjects”, p.28, Library of Alexandria
“Travelers should only read after dark.”

Source : Robert Harbison (1977). “Eccentric Spaces”, p.8, MIT Press
“If you want to succeed in the world it is necessary, when entering a salon, that your vanity should bow to that of others.”
“One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart-shaped.”

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