"To write it down was to put the finishing touch on any event, see what it was, what it meant, what it stood for. To put anything into words was like pouring melted wax on top of cold glasses of jelly, to harden there and preserve and keep what was underneath like new."

-- Ardyth Kennelly

#Writing Quotes #Glasses Quotes #Finishing Quotes

“People are good people. If they know what's going on, and they can relate to it, they can be moved to do something. If they can never see it or never relate to it, they continue to stay disconnected.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“When I was diagnosed I didn't know how epidemic cancer was. You find out that everybody you know is touched by this disease.”
“Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the 50s and early 60s, intellectually I could go anywhere, explore anything, and sample exciting new ideas simply by opening a book.”

Source : Christine Gregoire's Inaugural Speech in Olympia, Washington, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. January 12, 2005.
“My mother and my father had very, very strong Scots accents. We were Australian, and in those days when I was young, I spoke with a much more of an Australian accent than I have now. However I knew that if I went to England to become an actor, which I was determined to, I knew that I had to get rid of the Australian accent. We were colonials, we were Down Under somewhere, we were those little people Over There. But I was determined to become an Englishman. So I did.”
“Comedy has been my way to reconcile with the world. I didn't really set out to do this, but comedy has served as my outlet to address my issues I have with this crazy world.”
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves...At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer.”
“When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death.”
“Night will always remain a cat's magical, fanciful time.”

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