"And just as music is the space between notes, just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them, just as the sun strikes raindrops at a certain angle and throws a prism of color across the skyâ€”so the space where I exist, and want to keep existing, and to be quite frank I hope I die in, is exactly this middle distance: where despair struck pure otherness and created something sublime."

-- Donna Tartt

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“Then are they truly monks when they live by the labor of their hands.”

Source : Benedict Of Nursia (2015). “St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries”, p.48, Benedict Of Nursia
“The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jeffrey A. Tucker from Sep 10, 2014
“Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been a burden and even that I didnÂ’t sing it for a while. ThatÂ’s completely false. I am very proud of Â‘American PieÂ’ and the many satellites that grow from it and revolve around it. For many years I carried my songs around and now they carry me around. I have always sung Â‘American PieÂ’ for my audience and would never think of disappointing them since it is they who have given me a wonderful life and untold affection for almost 30 years.”
“Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.”
“Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)”
“To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.”
“Life is short, and time is swift; Roses fade, and shadows shift.”

Source : Ebenezer Elliott, Mark Storey (2008). “Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott”, p.170, Associated University Presse
“I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.”

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