"Change, when it comes, cracks everything open."

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Source : Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.45, Penguin

Dorothy Allison

#Healing Quotes #Cracks Quotes

“Well, of course, every actor's limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I've hit the wall a bit. I'm not ashamed at all, I think it's a process that you have to go through. That's how you learn.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. May 5, 2011.
“Students should not feel as if they had missed the boat if they failed examinations and should be presented with more opportunities to further their studies.”
“In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.”
“Peace was the one thing that Max (Ernst) needed in order to paint, and love was the one thing I needed in order to live. As neither of us gave the other what he most desired, our union was doomed to failure.”

Source : Peggy Guggenheim (2016). “Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim”, p.223, Ravenio Books
“Spirit first, technique second.”
“It was rumored she held grudges till they died of old age, then had them stuffed and mounted.”

Source : David Weber (2002). “Field of Dishonor”, p.27, Baen Books
“. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can.”

Source : Karen Cushman (2012). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.163, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Beauty means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. A lot of different ways in which things can be beautiful. But this really has a very specific meaning and which is more along the lines of elegance which is that we say an idea is beautiful or elegant in mathematics or physics if a very simple principle or a very simple idea, or simple set of ideas, turns out to be very powerful and leads to all sort of unexpected structure and unexpected predictions.”

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