"This is my life, I thought...I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil; I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?"

-- Abraham Verghese

#Cancer Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“Everything looks cute when it's small.”

Source : "Cynthia Rowley is not just kidding". www.interviewmagazine.com. August 23, 2010.
“Growing up as a chubby kid with a ton of imaginary friends and a Cyndi Lauper obsession, I learned about rejection early on and was constantly trying to avoid it.”

Source : "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2007.
“It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.”

Source : Eliphas Levi (2000). “The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled”, p.40, Weiser Books
“I want to show how strong I am from my roots.”
“Social historians of the future no doubt will be amused by the fact that we late-twentieth-century Americans found it acceptable to discuss publicly in detail the most intimate aspects of personal life, while maintaining an almost prudish reserve concerning the political significance of family life.”
“All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.”
“Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others”
“I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late '70s, early '80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn't have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them.”

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