"there never is a happy ending because nothing ever ends."

-- Peter S. Beagle

#Happy Endings Quotes #Ends Quotes

“When a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor Nature did. I can conceive of few circumstances wherein I would have to paint a woman naked, but if I did I would not mutilate her for double the money. She is the most beautiful thing there is except a naked man, but I never saw a study of one exhibited.”

Source : Thomas Eakins, Lloyd Goodrich, Whitney Museum of American Art (1970). “Thomas Eakins: retrospective exhibition, September 22 to November 21, 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York”
“Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment. This moment a million times over. You have to trust me. If this moment is repeated enough, if you keep trying â€” and you have to keep trying â€” eventually you will come across the next item on your list.”

Source : "Memento Mori". Short story by Jonathan Nolan, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Health is not, in the minds of most people, a unitary concept. It is multi-dimensional, and it is quite possible to have 'good' health in one respect, but 'bad' in another.”
“One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.”
“O supreme and unapproachable light! O whole and blessed truth, how far art thou from me, who am so near to thee! How far removed art thou from my vision, though I am so near to thine! Everywhere thou art wholly present, and I see thee not. In thee I move, and in thee I have my being; and I cannot come to thee. Thou art within me, and about me, and I feel thee not.”

Source : St. Anselm of Canterbury “Anselm's Philosophy”, Lulu.com
“I don't like writing in front of a lot of people, it has to be an intimate experience with people I trust.”
“I will not vote against the truths of the multiplication table.”
“If you say three things, you don't say anything.”

Source : Mary Matalin, James Carville, Peter Knobler (1995). “All's Fair: "Love, War and Running for President"”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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