"An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within their shores, everything functions according to rituals that are as hard as rock from repetition, and at the same time they amble through their days as whimsically and casually as if the world ended at the horizon."

-- Tove Jansson

#Self Quotes #Islands Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“Music is one of my greatest loves. I don't think I would be able to live without music in my life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Naya Rivera from Apr 12, 2013
“There's just a big, empty football field that's supposed to be filled with monsters that I haven't even thought of.”
“Being hungry and staying hungry is something that I really try to take pride in. No matter what level of success I've achieved, I always love being able to talk about the craft and continue to talk about my art.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise. Witnessing to the humanity of the other is the place where all moral reasoning must begin.”
“We are lucky to live in a world made up of so many different kinds of people and I am confident in the direction we are going.”

Source : Source: site.people.com
“If we internationalize everything, we end up with rules that stifle freedom and innovation.”
“I'm going to leave y'all with one thought. I'm a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.”
“As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.”

Source : John Brown Gordon (1904). “Reminiscences of the Civil War”

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