"My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness."

-- Kitty Kelley

#Happiness Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Men Quotes

“The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.”
“There is eloquence in screaming.”
“I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone.”
“I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.”
“Hence when lightning fires the arch of heaven, and thunders rock the ground, when furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, and ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky; amid the mighty uproar, while below the nations tremble, Shakespeare looks abroad from some high cliff, superior, and enjoys the elemental war.”

Source : Mark Akenside (1808). “The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside ...: Collated with the Best Editions”, p.91
“The capacity for total wonder is the very substance of awakening.”

Source : Daniel Odier (1997). “Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
“The first thing that has to be broken down is your relationship to authority. Your insecurity could possibly be the wedge that opens up your perspective on what you think is possible for you to do.”
“It is rarely a mysterious technique that drives us to the top, but rather a profound mastery of what may well be a basic skill set.”

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