"Pain heightens every sense. More powerfully than any drug, it intensifies colors, sounds, sight, feelings. Pain is like a glass wall. It is impossible to climb it, but you must, and, somehow, you do. Then there is an explosion of brilliance and the world is more apparent in its complexity and beauty."

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Source : Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

Suzanne Massie

#Wall Quotes #Pain Quotes #Glasses Quotes

“As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.”
“The best thing you can do when you're not feeling funny is go out and get more stimuli from the world, get out and walk around, read a book, go talk to some birds or a dog and replenish the well, as it were.”
“-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.”
“John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn't he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.”
“Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully”
“I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.”

Source : "Catholic cardinal calls on Christians to wear their crosses every day" by Damien Pearse, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.
“The world of the consumer, the sheer innovation and dynamism of our culture has never been easy for marketing to keep up with, but now these are suddenly faster and much more powerful. We need a new idea and practice of marketing and of the brand.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
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