"Books alone are liberal and free; they give to all who ask; they emancipate all who serve them faithfully."

-- Richard de Bury

#Book Quotes #Giving Quotes

“It's always scary making a film as I never set anything up or ask anyone to do anything, so I worry that we'll find a story. I have to trust that a film will come out of the journey we embark on. I have many, many sleepless nights.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.”

Source : "A blonde has more fun" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2001.
“detachment, n. Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.”
“My mind soarsand whirlsin a danceof wild fearand graceful hope.”

Source : Margarita Engle (2010). “The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba”, p.135, Macmillan
“The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected.”
“I found her lying on her stomach, her hind legs stretched out straight, and her front feet folded back under her chest. She had laid her head on his grave. I saw the trail where she had dragged herself through the leaves. The way she lay there, I thought she was alive. I called her name. She made no movement. With the last ounce of strength in her body, she had dragged herself to the grave of Old Dan.”
“I'm weary of my lonely but And of its blasted tree, The very lake is like my lot, So silent constantly-- I've liv'd amid the forest gloom Until I almost fear-- When will the thrilling voices come My spirit thirsts to hear?”
“In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.”

Source : William Styron (1990). “Darkness visible: a memoir of madness”, Random House Incorporated

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