"I am a glutton for tranquility."

-- Wole Soyinka

#Tranquility Quotes

“"Confessional poetry" is another one of those labels. It goes in and out of fashion.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“I figured I could do 'It's A Man's Man's Man's World,' because I believe it's the truth.”
“It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.”

Source : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.12, Da Capo Press
“I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell it - that's the part I can't really deal with. I would rather do 1,000 things that are work than deal with one thing that's a political problem.”
“The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.”
“This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.”

Source : Evelyn Underhill (1990). “Lent With Evelyn Underhill”, p.83, Church Publishing, Inc.
“Being in grief, it turns out, is not unlike being in love. In both states, the imagination's entirely occupied with one person. The beloved dwells at the heart of the world, and becomes a Rome: the roads of feeling all lead to him, all proceed from him. Everything that touches us seems to relate back to that center: there is no other emotional life, no place outside the universe of feeling centered on its pivotal figure.”

Source : Mark Doty (1996). “Heaven's Coast: A Memoir”, Harpercollins
“We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war.”

Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.83, Random House

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