"All writers--all beings--are exiles as a matter of course. The certainty about living is that it is a succession of expulsions of whatever carries the life force...All writers are exiles wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land.."

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Source : Janet Frame (2001). “An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography”, Womens PressLtd

Janet Frame

#Writing Quotes #Journey Quotes #Land Quotes

“The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine and Meyer (used in the 19-th century). The Indian tables give the same annual variation of the moon as the discovered by Tycho Brahe - a variation unknown to the school of Alexandria and also to the Arabs who followed the calculations of the school ... The Hindu systems of astronomy are by far the oldest and that from which the Egyptians, Greek, Romans and - even the Jews derived from the Hindus their knowledge.”
“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”

Source : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
“You have to get through periods of being blocked. Everybody has them. For me, they have everything to do with self-doubt. It's never a matter of laziness or inability. It's just a matter of believing that what I'm doing is worthwhile, that it matters.I just make myself work. I just make myself go to work, whether I feel like it or not.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“At the end of the day, you cant have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.”
“Music is only a mystery to people who want it explained. Music and love are the same.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.27, Oneworld Publications
“When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all, through the power of declamation and suggestion. So in Bach. There is but one voice -- and many voices have to be suggested.”
“Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films.”
“I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.”

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