"out of the frying pan and into the fire"

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Fire Quotes #Frying Pans Quotes

“The Devil's strategy for our times is to trivialize human existence and isolate us from one another while creating the delusion that the reasons are time pressures, work demands or economic anxieties.”
“I love to make music and stay grounded.”
“My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That's where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat.”
“Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.”
“I find children inspiring. The way they look at the world. The magical world they live in, to me, is inspiring.”
“Near-death experiences release a lot of endorphins, resulting in a natural high," Tod whispered. "And it's totally true that one passion feeds another." "You know we're way past 'near-death', right?" "My endorphins aren't listening to you.”
“I think all poets must feel this: that there is constantly something new to be discovered in the language. It's like a thrilling encounter, and you can find things.”

Source : "I still haven't written the best I can" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
“Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.”

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