"Liberman said to me, 'I must cut back on the work you do for Vogue. The editors don't like it. They say the photographs burn on the page . After some years, I began to understand that what they wanted of me was simply a nice, sweet, clean-looking image of a lovely young woman."

-- Irving Penn

#Love Quotes #Sweet Quotes #Nice Quotes

“If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.”
“The person who is living by grace sees this vast contrast between his own sins against God and the offenses of others against him. He forgives others because he himself has been so graciously forgiven. He realizes that, by receiving Godâ€™s forgiveness through Christ, he has forfeited the right to be offended when others hurt him.”
“There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.”
“The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully washed and dried, is one of the commonest observations made at a sick bed.”
“You ask â€˜for whatâ€™ God wants you. Isnâ€™t the primary answer that He wants you. Weâ€™re not told that the lost sheep was sought out for anything except itself [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:3-7]. Of course, He may have a special job for you: and the certain job is that of becoming more and more His.”
“When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.”
“The worst prison would be a closed heart.”
“T.S Elliot was wrong. My world ended with a bang the minute we entered the Compound and the silver door closed behind us. The sound was brutal. Final.”

Source : S. A. Bodeen (2008). “The Compound”, p.1, Feiwel & Friends

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