"Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in peoples minds with emotion."

-- Rachel Cusk

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Self Quotes

“I love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.”
“The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just deny themselves and everyone they choose to be intimate with the freedom to know mutual love. If we remain unable to imagine a world where love can be recognized as a unifying principle that can lead us to seek and use power wisely, then we will remain wedded to a culture of domination that requires us to choose power over love.”
“I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just makes songs.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.”
“No thought has any power. You have power. And when you identify and believe in the thought you give power to the thought.”
“I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.”
“In my flowery dreams there's always you. I do not regret it one bit.”
“The country has its charms-cheapness for one.”

Source : Robert Smith Surtees (1888). “Hillingdon Hall: Or, The Cockney Squire : a Tale of Country Life”

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