"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

-- Albert Einstein

#Being Alone Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Creative Quotes

“But if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't.”
“Who was it who said, 'I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul's reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish.'? Whoever it was, I agree with him.”
“When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them. This dystopian trend picks up on that little part of your life where everything feels really extreme and it honors that part of your life and says, "Yeah. It is the end of the world. Look at it."”
“Many Buddhist teachers have described compassion as the ability to react freely and accurately in any situation. Being nice or feeling sorry for someone may be called for, but so may being fierce and unyielding. When sweetness is applied indiscriminately, it is seen as 'idiot compassion.'”
“Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.”

Source : Dodie Smith (2012). “I Capture the Castle”, p.565, Random House
“We prate of freedom; we are in deadly fear of life, as much of our own American scene betrays.”
“What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?”
“The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.”

Source : "Unauthorized, But Not Untrue" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2010.

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