"There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself." "With words."

-- Steven Erikson

#Roots Quotes #People Quotes #Hatred Quotes

“Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.”
“You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.”
“Big things have small beginnings.”
“The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke.... glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.”

Source : Tim Cahill (1989). “A Wolverine is Eating My Leg”, Vintage
“What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb -- assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived? A seed of hope? A ticket purchased to ferry you from the dark? A patch for that hole you carried in your heart? If so, then I wasn't enough. I wasn't nearly enough. I was no balm to your pain, only another dead end, another burden, and you must have seen that early on. You must have realized it. But what could you do? You couldn't go down to the pawnshop and sell me.”
“My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.”
“For me, self-discipline has never corresponded to a voluntary adhesion to norms invented by others. It has always been the first step towards breaking the chains.”

Source : Eugenio Barba (2009). “On Directing: Burning the House”, p.19, Routledge
“Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.”

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