"She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything that otherwise would be hard to talk about. As I said, later I understood that someone who flees into honesty like that fears something, fears that her life will fill with something that can no longer be shared, a genuine secret, indescribable, unutterable."

-- SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai

#Honesty Quotes #Writing Quotes #Secret Quotes

“An artist's sphere of influence is the world.”
“An object dies when the gaze that lights on it has disappeared.”
“Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice.”

Source : Paul Fussell (1982). “The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations”, Oxford University Press, USA
“I played music practically my entire life. But the first time I ever really played music was with John and Robby and Jim That's where it happened. it was an epiphany, a moment of profound clarity”
“In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.”
“It was morning by the clock but deepest nighttime in his body.”
“There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution.”
“And I hate to see artists who are real safe. I love to see artists swing for the fences sometimes.”

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