"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

-- Emily Dickinson

#Inspirational Quotes #Women Quotes #Writing Quotes

“What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come to commoners as well as courtiers. Like virtue, it is its own reward. Like the Holy Grail, it seldom appears to those who don't pursue it.”
“I have decided not to run for president.”
“To all the fantasy owners who drafted me: You're welcome.”
“Infinity has got to become mine so that I can know which way to turn, so that I can know in what direction something like morning is breaking.”
“When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.”
“I'm really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I'm enjoying what I'm doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it's great, you know.”
“If it stays as it is I can't see it altering.”
“Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.”

Source : Gil Scott-Heron (2011). “Now And Then”, p.69, Canongate Books

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