"Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril"

-- Andrew Motion

#Heart Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Forget Quotes

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.”
“Sometimes we remember onlywhen we see the pass, and the pass is remember when our eyes are open”
“Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities.”
“Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.”
“Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance.”
“Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.”
“The literary scene is a kind of Medusaâ€™s raft, small and sinking, and oneâ€™s instinct when a newcomer tries to clamber aboard is to step on his fingers.”
“If your body is crying out for a change, or crying out that it's unhappy, for goodness sake listen to it. Our bodies aren't machines that get by with a grease and oil change every 50,000 kilometres. Stress is part of life but if prolonged stress is in our life, we have to ask ourselves if we are in the right place, right frame of mind, or doing the right job.”

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