"It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth."

-- Peter Abelard

“Our emotions are ever-changing and infinitely varied, but the words with which we describe them are fixed and rigid. Our life is like quicksilver, our vocabulary like steel. Sometimes a consummate poet succeeds in rendering the quality of life in words. For the rest of us, this is not possible.”
“Composing for concert performance is a somewhat lonely occupation, but composing a film score is highly collaborative.”
“A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.”

Source : "Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books)". Book by Gaston Bachelard edited by Suzanne Bachelard, 1988.
“I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.”
“Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.”

Source : Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1849). “The old judge; or, Life in a colony, by the author of 'Sam Slick, the clockmaker'.”, p.220
“Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.”
“I didnâ€™t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work.”
“Though I am not an avid reader but I like romantic books. Love is a good thing. At times in love, there are disappointmentsâ€¦one must not keep expectations. I like to be positive in love. I believe in happy endings.”

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