"At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss."

-- Paulo Coelho

#Life Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Happiness Quotes

“I'm 18! It feels great to be legal!”
“We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.”
“Do not neglect to bring your revolver, Russell. It may be needed, and it does us no good in your drawer with that disgusting cheese." "My lovely Stilton; it's almost ripe, too. I do hope Mr. Thomas enjoys it." "Any riper and it will eat through the woodwork and drop into the room below." "You envy me my educated tastes." "That I will not honour with a response. Get out the door, Russell.”
“I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for cooking and food. It's dictated my entire life â€” every aspect of it. So, in some ways, the thought of not being able to do that anymore radically affects your life.”
“The arts' position in the school curriculum symbolizes to the young what adults believe is important.”

Source : "The Arts and the Creation of Mind". Book by Elliot W. Eisner, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2002.
“Ads are not written to entertain. When they do, those entertainment seekers rare little likely to be the people whom you want. This is one of the greatest advertising faults. Ad writers abandon their part. They forgot they are salesmen and try to be performers. Instead of sales, they seek applause”
“That is the magic of travel. You leave your home secure in your own knowledge and identity. But as you travel, the world in all it's richness intervenes. You meet people you could not invent; you see scenes you could not imagine. Your own world, which was so large as to consume your whole life, becomes smaller and smaller until it is only one tiny dot in time and space. You return a different person.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (1999). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Women, Life and Love”, p.111, New World Library
“Between the head and feet of any given person is a billion miles of unexplored wilderness.”

Source : "The Spiritual Power Of Dance" by Gabrielle Roth, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2011.

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