"I have earned my disillusionment."

-- Ani DiFranco

#Philosophy Quotes #Disillusionment Quotes

“If you think you're meeting your destiny on the other side of a door you may not be interested in its design.”

Source : Ettore Sottsass, Barbara Radice (1988). “Design metaphors”, Rizzoli International Publications
“Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's already there." "In the stars?" Bailey asks. "No." Widget says. "On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it's still there, the events and t hings that pushed you to where you are now.”

Source : Erin Morgenstern (2016). “The Night Circus”, p.203, Random House
“Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history.”
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.”
“People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.”
“Officer, I know I was going faster than 55MPH, but I wasn't going to be on the road an hour.”
“I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That's how I live my life.”
“Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.”

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