"I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of their absence....When the tears of bereavement have had their natural flow, they lead us again to life and love's generous joy."

-- James Martineau

#Life And Love Quotes #Heart Quotes #Grieving Quotes

“I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then the melody. Playing in the Rock*A*Teens was the first time I ever heard music from the bottom up. I was hearing songs I'd heard a million times on oldies radio, and I'd be like, "Wow, listen to what the bass is doing!" When I was first singing in bands, I'd just get out there with my machete, wildly whacking away at the foliage. But you learn how to listen. When I feel I'm doing it right, it's 90% listening and 10% output. It's not "look what I can do!"”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
“I think itâ€™s safe to say that the entire abortion industry is based on a lieâ€¦. I am dedicated to spending the rest of my life undoing the law that bears my name,”
“We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brothers winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips.”
“As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.”

Source : Jack Levine, Milton Wolf Brown (1989). “Jack Levine”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
“For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieveâ€”like the soulâ€™s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.”
“I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.”
“Ian paused and leaned closer to me so that I couldn't seem to see anything around his face, just snow and sapphire and ink.”

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