"My heart is heavy, she thought. Itâ€™s not just a saying. It is what isâ€”heavy, a great stone lodged in my breast, pressing down my whole being. How can I even stand straight and look out upon the world? I am doubled over into myself and, for all the weight, find only emptiness."

-- Katherine Paterson

#Heart Quotes #Stones Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I don't want my fans to have the same disappointment as me when I was refused by some players to sign my notebook when I was young.”
“If the mood is overly anxious, then anxiety must be reduced by lowering uncertainty. Very simply, uncertainty is reduced when people are told what's going on and what will happen to them. In the vacuum of no news, people imagine the worst. Since disappointment is much easier to handle than anxiety, then, good news or bad, honesty is honestly the best policy.”
“No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.”

Source : Alice Hoffman (2003). “Practical Magic”, p.69, Penguin
“I don't ever want to stick myself in one category. I do really love making movies, but the thing about live performances is you don't have to wait around. Literally,you have to wait to see what the reaction is to the film, so it's a slower process. But it is enjoyable.”
“I'd love to perform with other actors and act with actors, true actors. I would like to be in a movie and have full room for acting.”
“Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.”

Source : Doctorate Award Speech at Kean University, New Jersey, 2004.
“A Muslim should be sincerely religious AND politically aware.”
“I constantly try to humble myself; if you don't, I'm sure the game is going to find a way to humble you.”

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