"I wanted to hit him. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to shout myself into his ear."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Ears Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees...”
“Girls donâ€™t really recognize me on the street. No one has tried to serenade me or rip my shirt off.”
“I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam or Christianity, but if you have a system in which God is distant and angry all the time, and you're trying to please him through the right disciplines, it isn't going to work for everyone.”
“It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.”
“I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed.”
“When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc, because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.”

Source : Jackson Pollock, Gagosian Gallery (1990). “Jackson Pollock: black enamel paintings, April-May 1990”
“When you are committed to doing whatâ€™s right, you are sowing seeds for Godâ€™s blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required.”
“There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable to me as it quite evidently appears to others. I know a great deal of the horrors and tragedies of war. ... The cost of war in human lives is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones. I am deeply moved to find some means or method of avoiding another calamity of war.”

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