"I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual"

-- Virginia Woolf

#Optimistic Quotes #Writing Quotes #Usual Quotes

“All that matters is how you see yourself.”
“Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the body to reach the level of cooperation with the soul. When we fast, our intention is not to torture the body but to shun its behaviour. Thus, one who fasts becomes a spiritual and not a physical person. Fasting is an ascetic soul which takes the body with it as its partner in asceticism.”
“Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actionshave toppled empires.”
“If I can hear it I can kind of play it. I guess that's how I write, just how something feels.”
“Are there quantitative aspects to the phenomena of war that can be counted? Evidently!”

Source : Pitirim Aleksandrovich Sorokin (1941). “Social and Cultural Dynamics: Fluctuation of social relationships, war, and revolution”
“A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points”
“Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.”

Source : Wilkie Collins (1874). “The Moonstone: A Novel”, p.179
“The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.”

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