"Quiet book-learning in monasteries and ethereal music, sonnets and courtly lovethat stuff is all fantasyand veneer? You couldn't afford to let the beauty of the thing seduce you too far or you forgot the truth and the truth was always hard as iron bloody bars."

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Source : 1994 Foreign Parts, ch.7.

Janice Galloway

#Book Quotes #Iron Quotes #Bars Quotes

“It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.”
“Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.”
“I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Mine is not a smiling face. Strangers on the street always say, Smile! But my muscles do not naturally go there.”

Source : Hilary Thayer Hamann (2010). “Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel”, p.89, Spiegel & Grau
“You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.”
“We must be unafraid to be utterly honest, to honor our gut feelings, and to say and do the unpopular when necessary. We have to give up our addiction to other people's opinions and surrender to the freedom of acting with strength and courage.”
“I didn't have a calling to be a therapist. I really went to Pacifica for a very specific kind of life experience, to really kind of find my path in a deeper way.”

Source : Source: www.psychologyart.com
“Bathe in your riches and friends, I'll stay here with my songbooks and pens”

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