"Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding."

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Source : Christopher Barzak (2007). “One For Sorrow”, p.285, Bantam

Christopher Barzak

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“There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of the belief in the externals, shows you that strength and hope come not from circumstances or the acquisition of things, but from the simple accumulation of active experience, from gritting the teeth and checking the items off the list, one by one, even if it's painful and you're afraid.”

Source : Caroline Knapp (1999). “Drinking: A Love Story”, p.108, Dial Press
“But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.”
“When one is true to oneself, when one is authentic, one becomes true to the evolutionary thrust for self-optimization that exists within oneself and within the universe. And that evolutionary thrust is a continuous unfolding process.”

Source : Source: evolutionarymystic.wordpress.com
“When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a record.”
“I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.”
“The critics could never mortify me out of heart - because I love poetry for its own sake, - and, tho' with no stoicism and some ambition, care more for my poems than for my poetic reputation.”
“I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction.”
“I don't try to please when I play. I try to cure.”

Source : "Ornette Coleman: What I've Learned" by Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2009.

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