"The first song I wrote was called "You" and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist. I remember them all because I used to always write terrible poetry. I keep all my notebooks."

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Source : Source: pitchfork.com

Courtney Barnett

#Notebook Quotes #Song Quotes #Writing Quotes

“When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse.”

Source : "Character: Chico Xavier". "Chico Xavier", www.imdb.com. 2010.
“He who shall teach the child to doubtThe rotting grave shall ne'er get out.”
“Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject.”

Source : Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.
“Adolescence has been recognised as a stage of human development since medieval times--long, long before the industrial revolution--and, as it is now, has long been seen as a phase which centers on the fusion of sexual and social maturity. Indeed, adolescence as a concept has as long a history as that of puberty, which is sometimes considered more concrete, and hence much easier to name and to recognize.”
“Love yourself just as you are.”
“Of course I loved you, you saved my life. I wish you hadnâ€™t I wish you hadnâ€™t I wish youâ€™d left me alone.”
“There is no such thing as a false idea.”
“The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.”

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