"Literature is analysis after the event."

-- Doris Lessing

#Events Quotes #Analysis Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.”

Source : John Townsend Trowbridge (1881). “A Home Idyl: And Other Poems”
“So the fact that the grand jury would come back and make the decision not to indict the jailers and not make a decision on Officer Encinia, it makes us feel as though there's not going to be a positive outcome for us in that regard.”

Source : "Sandra Bland's Family Reacts To Grand Jury's Decision". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 23, 2015.
“We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely”
“One failed experiment is one step closer to Success”
“Don't trap yourself with the desire of wanting to be liked.”
“Leading an organization is as much about soul as it is about systems. Effective leadership finds its source in understanding”
“You know the hardest thing about having cerebral palsy and being a woman? It's plucking your eyebrows. That's how I originally got pierced ears.”
“I've dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing landscapes I felt insecure about painting in this style, and the dreams were like positive omens for me, and I've done a few paintings that were exact replicas of images that came to me in dreams.”

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