"Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople when their dream coincides with ours, the way two cutout designs laid one on top of the other might match. But dream worlds are not static like cutouts; sooner or later they change shape, leading to misunderstanding, loneliness and loss of love."

-- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

#Mother Quotes #Dream Quotes #Loneliness Quotes

“If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.”
“Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?”
“Your margin is my opportunity.”
“Going where no man has gone before is more difficult than it sounds. Our cousins and ancestors were no less curious than we are, and were perhaps bolder. This world is their tomb. You should look under the bed.”
“The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor.”

Source : Sherwood Anderson (1953). “Letters: selected and edited with an introd. and notes by Howard Mumford Jones, in association with Walter B. Rideout”
“If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.”
“It's hard [arriving just before the game], but it's more mental than anything. I think I prepared myself as I was coming over mentally, to not think about being fatigued or anything, just to be ready to help the team.”
“We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I'm with my girlfriends, I act like I'm 19.”

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