"I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions."

-- Michelle Shocked

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Painting Quotes

“cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.”
“In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products.”
“Two people kissing always look like fish.”
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”

Source : Charles William Eliot (1926). “Charles W. Eliot: the man and his beliefs”
“The bumps are what you climb on.”
“Nobody is just anything... everyone is of equal value, regardless of their station”
“Not so much that I wanted to give up rock writing, but I also wanted to try something new. So I moved to a crumbling stately heap on top of a hill in the middle of nowhere in southwest France, about 60 miles from Bordeaux: wine instead of cocaine.”
“And I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I'd lived so far had formed layers of skin and muscle over myself that others saw as me when the real one had been underneath all along, and I knew writing- even writing badly- had peeled away those layers, and I knew then that if I wanted to stay awake and alive, if I wanted to stay me, I would have to keep writing.”

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