"We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life."

-- Curtis Sittenfeld

#Mistake Quotes #Forgiving Quotes #Forgive Yourself Quotes

“I live in New York, where people don't tend to go up to actors as much.”
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”
“Don't date a woman who doesn't take care of her place (she won't take care of you).”
“Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends,”
“I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.”
“If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection will be the effect and attendant of it. But to seek after affection directly and chiefly; to have the heart principally set upon that; is to place it in the room of God and his glory. If it be sought, that others may take notice of it, and admire us for our spirituality and forwardness in religion, it is then damnable pride; if for the sake of feeling the pleasure of being affected, it is then idolatry and self-gratification.”
“The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun about playing a character that has a lot of authority in her own life.”
“And though I've lived to be an old man with my very own share of happiness for all the mess I made, I still judge every joyous moment, every victory and revelation against those few seconds of living.”

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