"To love pleasure takes little. To love truly takes a hero who can manage his own fear."

-- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#Hero Quotes #Littles Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“Iâ€™m not comfortable with the idea of my sex appeal, but I know in my job I have to use it. I wish I could say I got to this point in my career based on my talent, but I donâ€™t think thatâ€™s true.”
“Do you remember? When the fights seemed to go on and on, and always ended with us in bed, tearing at each other like maybe that could change everything. In a couple of months you'd be seeing somebody else and I would too; she was no darker than you but she washed her panties in the shower and had hair like a sea of little punos and the first time you saw us, you turned around and boarded a bus I knew you didn't have to take. When my girl said, Who was that? I said, Just some girl.”
“My mother danced; she loved the ballet.”
“We know that silence equals consent when atrocities are committed against innocent men, women and children. We know that indifference equals complicity when bigotry, hatred and intolerance are allowed to take root. And we know that education and hope are the most effective ways to combat ignorance and despair.”

Source : "Giffords Tragedy: What’s the Message to Young Women Considering Public Service?" by Gloria Feldt, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2011.
“When our thoughts are born, Though they be good and humble, one should mind How they are reared, or some will go astray And shame their mother.”
“No matter how many shows I've done, as soon as they say it's time to start, I get that nervous sensation and feel like I have to pee. So that's where my mind is. That and making it to the end of the runway and back as fast as I can.”
“You can say anything you want, yessir, but it's the words that sing, they soar and descend...I bow to them...I love them, I cling to them, I run them down, I bite into them, I melt them down...I love words so much...The unexpected ones...The ones I wait for greedily or stalk until, suddenly, they drop...”
“A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself.”

Source : Matthew Sharpe (2007). “Jamestown: A Novel”, p.71, Soft Skull Press

You may also like:

Arthur Rackham
Illustrator
Carl Jung
Psychiatrist
Caroline Myss
Author
Jean Shinoda Bolen
Psychiatrist
Joseph Campbell
Writer
Marianne Williamson
Author
Marie-Louise von Franz
Psychologist
Marion Woodman
Author
Robert Bly
Poet