"Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes."

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Source : Israel Shenker (1974). “Words and their masters”

Israel Shenker

#Travel Quotes #Writing Quotes #Rope Quotes

“The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more; some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.”
“We become victims of the great disease of technological society - meaninglessness.”
“Do not imagine that I would disregard that thing that lies beneath the mask... but be sure that when the outside is rightly seen, the thing that lies under the surface will be found upon your canvas.”
“The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.”

Source : Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing
“If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in.”
“However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really.”
“I'm very surprised at Carol didn't get a best picture. Todd Haynes is an Academy darling, his period pieces are nothing short of brilliant, and they hold up. And I definitely feel like Carol speaks to, even though it's set in the past, it speaks to themes we're dealing with in life right now. It's really really shocking that it didn't get it.”
“Irreverence is easy - whats hard is wit.”

Source : "Rhino Records" Online Chat, June 17, 1997.

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