"And all you can do is just read," she said. She raised her voice an screamed, "You just read and read and read!" Then she threw herself down on the table and wept."

-- Tove Jansson

#Voice Quotes #Tables Quotes #Said Quotes

“Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.”

Source : Bernard Berenson, Umberto Morra Di Lavriano (1963). “Colloqui con Berenson”
“What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.”

Source : FaceBook post by Etta James from Jul 30, 2013
“Nobody has ever been able to define Jazz satisfactorily. This is probably because anyone who was capable of doing so never really wanted to, knowing how much you would have to leave out of the definition.”
“I have a friend who is an excellent liar. His secret: Believe the lie yourself when you're telling it.”

Source : Jack Heffron (2012). “The Writer's Idea Book 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Develop Great Ideas for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Screenplays”, p.100, Writer's Digest Books
“When you are very old, and sit in the candle - light at evening spinning by the fire, you will say, as you murmur my verses, a wonder in your eyes, 'Ronsard sang of me in the days when I was fair.”

Source : 'Sonnets pour Hèléne' (1578) bk. 2, no. 42
“A guy isn't the only thing that will make me happy. If I never find romance or love, that will be okay. It's what I want, but it doesn't define me.”
“Art stands in opposition to all the bad things that happen in life, which is where physicians stand. That's what doctors do-affirm life. And that's what artists do.”
“Design is important because chaos is so hard.”

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