"In the window, I fantasize... about providing grown-ups and children alike with the greatest gift of all: insight..."

-- David Rakoff

#Children Quotes #Window Quotes #Insight Quotes

“Sometimes videos make a bad song very tight.”

Source : "Earl Sweatshirt On RZA Day, His Purpose And Paul McCartney". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. November 20, 2013.
“While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.”
“Because the region of the Celestial World is of so great and such incredible magnitude as aforesaid, and since in what has gone before it was at least generally demonstrated that this comet continued within the limits of the space of the Aether, it seems that the complete explanation of the whole matter is not given unless we are also informed within narrower limits in what part of the widest Aether, and next to which orbs of the Planets [the comet] traces its path, and by what course it accomplishes this.”
“First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters.”
“I am not proud to be gay any more than I am proud to be right handed or to breathe oxygen.”
“Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play to their strengths as well as find value in even the most difficult situation, she can inspire hope and faith in others and motivate them to move forward.”
“In moments of crisis, the initiative passes to those who are best prepared.”
“Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!”

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