"There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books."

-- Norman MacCaig

#Book Quotes #Years Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“I get some very fierce anonymous letters about the Athanasian Creed, which would amuse you, if they were not so sad as to what they imply on the part of the writers. The last tells me that I am a Pharisee, and should have helped to crucify our Lord. It is very odd that people should think, much more write, such things; but the passion of unbelief is a very serious thing while it lasts.”
“The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.”
“Women are all we know of paradise on this earth.”
“We can live in fear or act out of hope.”

Source : Song: Thing Called Love, Album: Nick Of Time
“Emptiness the starting point. â€” In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.”
“To really tackle poverty, politicians, activists, academics will all have to think outside their boxes, will have to start developing much more integrated approaches to these problems. And a large part of this will involve working out ways to push for living wages. Partly this will involve re-empowering the union movement, which has been massively weakened in recent decades. Partly it will involve a willingness to restructure tax codes to penalize companies that don't provide basic benefits and decent wages to employees.”
“My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from God and it is my responsibility to use it to glorify him.”

Source : Interview with Mary Fairchild, www.thoughtco.com. March 24, 2017.
“I'm not making any absurd comparisons between myself and Bach, but I aspire to that, that my music will have the legs to survive whatever context it finds itself in.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.

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