"We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it."

-- Rumi

#Compassion Quotes #Fire Quotes #Stealing Quotes

“Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said.”

Source : Joan Lowery Nixon (2007). “The Haunting”, p.111, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“You guys take over while I go put on a shirt." Mrs. Kulavich had edged close enough to hear him. She beamed at him. "Don't bother on my account," she said. "Sadie!" Mr. Kulavich said in rebuke. "Oh, hush, George! I'm old, not dead!" "I'll remind you of that the next time I want to watch the Playboy Channel," he growled.”
“Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.”

Source : "Anselm Kiefer's tragic works carry traces of humor" by Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. January 22, 2012.
“It is not always easy, for a woman alone.”
“Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.”
“My lowest points was getting injured and pulling out of fights.”
“The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indirect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream; he addresses himself to it as a lover to his mistress; he woos it and stays with it till he knows its hidden secrets. Where it deepens his purpose deepens; where it is shallow he is indifferent. He knows how to interpret its every glance and dimple; its beauty haunts him for days.”
“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.”

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