"Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward."

-- John Milton

#Heart Quotes #Hands Quotes #Bears Quotes

“in the synagogue of my heart... I myself jail and the jailed, I go wounded, bite-marked”
“The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning thatâ€™s already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing whatâ€”these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur in proportion to the education and rank.”
“Viewed up close, nobody is normal.”
“When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.”
“I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.”
“Is it not the artist who - like our dreams - dissolves the pretenses that hide us from ourselves, disclosing both our self-serving fantasies and our unsuspected potentialities?”

Source : Dorothy Norman (1969). “The Hero: Myth, Image, Symbol”, Anchor Books
“It's not all been rosy; I've had difficult situations where I've failed. But when you fail you learn a lot about yourself and come back stronger. The message is: life need not have limits. Having an opportunity in life is important but what defines you is what you do with that opportunity.”
“I do not like candy. I do not like knocking on strangers' doors. I do not like having to deal with the candy disaster that is Halloween. I resent it.”

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