"If letters did not exist, what dark depressions would come over one! When one has been worrying about something and wants to tell a certain person about it, what a relief it is to put it all down in a letter! Still greater is one's joy when a reply arrives. At that moment a letter really seems like an elixir of life."

-- Sei Shonagon

#Dark Quotes #Worry Quotes #Joy Quotes

“A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each detail minutely, the result will be flat and without character... the artist on the contrary, sees; that is to say, his eye, grafted on his heart, reads deeply into the bosom of nature.”
“I would never filibuster any Presidentâ€™s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote.”
“It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.”
“My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The problem with popular thinking is that it doesnâ€™t require you to think at all.”
“I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don't take themselves too seriously.”
“Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity.”
“Wiles and deceit are female qualities.”

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