"The mirror had broken into millions of pieces and the wind blew them all over the world. If a person got a speck in their eye, the person would only see the ugly side of things from then on, but if a piece got in their blood and it reached their heart, it would freeze into a solid block of ice and they couldn't feel anything anymore"

-- Isobelle Carmody

#Block Quotes #Heart Quotes #Eye Quotes

“We fight a lot, you know, but that's family. We may be dysfunctional but we're still family.”
“You try too hard. Winners forget they're in a race. They just love to run.”
“You have to act and this is something that happened in abstract expressionism too, it was a discovery particularly in De Kooning's paintings, great paintings. There's a lot of speed in his work and the speed produces things that only speed can produce.”
“I believe in health care reform.”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”

Source : Ted Hughes (2011). “Letters of Ted Hughes”, p.514, Faber & Faber
“Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.”
“I've never been involved with anyone who's set out to hurt people, to break legs. It is a bit of a dying art”
“I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's not going to be satisfying.”

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