"No one was ever born without that light or flame of life. Some event, some person stifles or drowns it altogether. I was always tempted to resuscitate such men by my own joyousness or luminosity.When I break glasses in a night club, as the Russians do, when my unconscious breaks out in wild rebellions, it is against life which has crippled these idealistic, romantic men. I respect these men, cold, pure, faithful, devoted, moral, delicate, sensitive, and unequal to life, more than I respect the tough-minded ones who return three blows to one received, who kill those who hurt them."

-- Anais Nin

#Hurt Quotes #Blow Quotes #Night Quotes

“If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?”
“I heard through the nightThe rush and the clamour;The pulse of the fightLike blows of Thor's hammer;The pattering flightOf the leaves, and the anguishedMoan of the forest vanquished.”
“I've got quite a curvy shape so I try to wear stuff that's tailored.”
“Political stability was at most a factor in assessing developing countries or Russia. It is now also an issue in Western democracies.”
“To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general conditions of your life, the outer forms, tend to improve greatly.”
“An event may be small and insignificant in its origin , and yet, when drawn close to oneâ€™s eye, it may open in its center an infinite and radiant perspective because a higher order of being is trying to express itself in it and irradiates it violently.”

Source : Bruno Schulz (2011). “The Fictions of Bruno Schulz: The Street of Crocodiles & Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass: The Street of Crocodiles & Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass”, p.110, Pan Macmillan
“It's easy to fictionalize an issue when you're not aware of the many ways in which you are privileged by it.”

Source : Kate Bornstein, S. Bear Bergman (2010). “Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation”, p.86, Seal Press
“I was miserable in West Side Story. They really miscast me. I came from the Midwest; what they really needed was a guy that was street smart. The first time I saw the movie, I had to walk out. I looked like the biggest fruit that ever walked on to film. My character was so weak.”

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