"Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world."

-- Karen Maitland

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“Had Allah lifted the veil for his slave and shown him how He handles his affairs for him, and how Allah is more keen for the benefit of the slave than his own self, his heart would have melted out of the love for Allah and would have been torn to pieces out of thankfulness to Allah. Therefore if the pains of this world tire you, do not grieve. For it may be that Allah wishes to hear your voice by way of Dua'a. So pour out your desires in prostration and forget about it and know; that verily Allah does not forget it.”
“Ayrton Senna was an extraordinary racing driver. His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.”
“I've always wanted to do a movie that takes place in the 70's and was about rock and roll and getting high, like Dazed and Confused or Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
“Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.”
“The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.”
“I was overcome with happiness, love, and tenderness ... Right after he was washed, I studied him with my hands: his downy little head, his little nose, everything on the tiny body.”
“If I get to know somebody, I'll open up, but other than that I like to sit back and observe things.”
“Tonality itself - with its process of instilling expectations and subsequently withholding promised fulfillment until climax - is the principal musical means during the period from 1600 to 1900 for arousing and channeling desire.”

Source : Susan McClary (2017). “Reading Music: Selected Essays”, p.147, Routledge

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