"A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we donâ€™t get to choose our own hearts. We canâ€™t make ourselves want whatâ€™s good for us or whatâ€™s good for other people. We donâ€™t get to choose the people we are."

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Source : Donna Tartt (2013). “The Goldfinch”, p.575, Hachette UK

Donna Tartt

#Heart Quotes #People Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“Performance's only life is in the present. Performance cannot be saved, recorded, documented, or otherwise participate in the circulation of representations of representations: once it does so, it becomes something other than performance.”
“I figure I'm still good for painting until 95 or thereabouts.”
“Separate the story - your story - from facts.”
“I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work.”

Source : Chen Ning Yang (2005). “Selected Papers, 1945-1980, with Commentary”, p.247, World Scientific
“If others don't use their gifts, you get cheated, and if you don;t use your gifts, they get cheated.”
“The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South contend that slavery is right, and that this is a confederate Republic of sovereign States.”

Source : "Congressman from South Carolina, in a speech to the House". The Congressional Globe, January 25, 1860.
“It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!”
“With good art, that's what happens - it comes directly out from inside of you almost instinctively.”

Source : Source: about-creativity.com

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