"The words went round and round and round in my mind and my body, until I knew they were no longer my words but something that had been carved into my heart. And now my soul was crying."

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Source : Tracey Emin (2013). “Strangeland”, p.79, Hachette UK

Tracey Emin

#Heart Quotes #Soul Quotes #Mind Quotes

“You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the Priesthood; but if we are not honest, it does not amount to anything; for neither God nor honorable men love dishonesty. We must, therefore, be an honest people.”
“The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1812). “Works: With and Introd. and Explanatory Notes By Henry Weber”, p.479
“He had escaped the abhorrent taint! He was truly completely alone! He was the only human being in the world!”
“If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.”
“The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.”
“There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.”
“Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or decades, or the length of time between stars? In complete silence?”

Source : Sarah Ruhl (2006). “The Clean House and Other Plays”
“We wanted to have in Lotus Eaters something that looks really beautiful on the outside but is not necessarily on the inside. There's a lot of superficial references. I remember we were looking at Helmut Newton's photographs - they just look so glossy and beautiful, but you look closely and you can see the cellulite.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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