"The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful â€¦ to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out of yourself."

-- Seamus Heaney

#Writing Quotes #Self Quotes #Empowerment Quotes

“The risk climate of modernity is thus unsettling for everyone: no one escapes.”

Source : Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.128, John Wiley & Sons
“Insiders say Obama's pretty comfortable around actors. He should be. He has been 'acting' like he was born in Hawaii for a long time.”
“We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.”
“When a just cause reaches its flood-tide...whatever stands in its way must fall before its overwhelming force.”
“Mud, rubbish and dirt are man's companions all his life; shouldn't they be precious to him, and isn't one doing man's service to remind him of their beauty?”
“Here, kitty, kitty, Chico says. The cover of his cage is still on, making his tiny clown voice slightly muffled. I feel bad for him under there, just waiting to start his evil little day...Freud walks toward Chico in his slinky fashion, sits under his cage and just stares. We have satanic pets...our pets seem to have made a pact with the devil.”
“Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance.”

Source : "Israeli Journalist Amira Hass on Palestinian Resistance, 'Peace Talks' and U.S. Role in Region". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. April 10, 2013.
“I'm terrible at heights. I hate it. I'm glad I'm only 5'7".”

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