"Now I become myself. Itâ€™s taken time, many years and places."

-- May Sarton

#Taken Quotes #Years Quotes

“The enemy is not individuals, churches, 'ex-gay' organisations or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former.”
“Thank your readers and the critics who praise you, and then ignore them. Write for the most intelligent, wittiest, wisest audience in the universe: Write to please yourself.”
“I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business.”

Source : "Leos Carax on “Tokyo”: “Cinema is my country but it is not my business” by Eric Hynes, www.indiewire.com. March 4, 2009.
“I wasn't a very good teacher.”

Source : "Amos Lee sings of love, loss and hope". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. January 18, 2011.
“Some tell me Preach the pure gospel! This reminds me that the Communist secret police also told me to preach Christ, but not to mention communism. Is it really so, that those who are for what is called a pure gospel are inspired by the same spirit as those of the Communist secret police?”

Source : Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.74, David C Cook
“If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry will decline, just as a population which does not give birth will eventually dwindle.”
“The man who can best gets along with women, is the man who can get along without them.”
“There's nothing better than not knowing what's going to happen until you put the pieces together.”

Source : "Eric Roberson Interview – 'Tigallerro' Album with Phonte, Sol Village Show, Next Project". Youknowigotsoul.com Interview, youknowigotsoul.com. August 23, 2016.

You may also like:

Carolyn Heilbrun
Author
Doris Grumbach
Novelist
Elizabeth Bowen
Novelist
George Sarton
Historian of Science
Janet Frame
Author
Louise Bogan
Poet
May Swenson
Poet
Philip Larkin
Poet
Virginia Woolf
Writer