"Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends."

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Source : Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (1979). “Three Plays”, p.55, Grove Press

Banana Yoshimoto

#Heart Quotes #Light Quotes #People Quotes

“Other bands wanted to wreck hotel rooms; Roxy Music wanted to redecorate them.”
“The Spirit continued to stir and declare, "You cannot be afraid to face the wolf at the door. Don't let the fear paralyze you. When you get in fear and get paralyzed, sometimes somebody has to come and get you. Whatever is swarming around you that thinks you are dead. you tell it that you are not dead! Tell the vultures you are not dead and that they have to move on! Say, 'Vultures, I am not the meal you thought I was going to be!”

Source : "EXTRA BULLETIN: Chuck Pierce: Stare Eye to Eye Until Your Enemy Retreats". www.elijahlist.com. November 13 , 2010.
“If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.”
“In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods to advance social justice and greater regulation by the state, there are certain methods that are useful. What we need is a new society, a new civilization and convergence of all that is best in both [Communism and Capitalism]”
“I don't really worry about whether things fit into a genre or not, it's whether I like it and whether the two things sit well together, that's my main criteria when I write.”
“When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame.”
“I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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