"Listen, my dear Cors, why don't you forgive God for allowing pain? If He didn't allow it, human courage, bravery, nobility, and self-sacrifice would all be meaningless things."

-- Walter M. Miller, Jr.

#Pain Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Self Quotes

“A film that can be described in words is not really a film.”
“Your writing is still yours, no matter what the contract or your editor might say. Trust your gut. It knows when you're screwing up. Your brain will lie to you. It loves the paycheck, it loves positive feedback. Your gut is under no obligation to make you feel good.”

Source : "Survival Tips for the Newbie Writer" by Gail Simone, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2011.
“I was born in Siberia, where the biggest oil reserves in Russia are, and I grew up thinking that there was nothing worse for our planet than the oil industry.”
“The girls who come into my library adore the prettiness of fairies, theminiature-ness. But they are also nature lovers and lovers of adventure -- the future wild women of America. I couldn't help thinking that these little girls who love fairies deserve something lively.”
“Leadership requires using power to influence the thoughts and actions of other people.”
“Love in all its forms is very difficult ... to express. It changes, obviously. If youâ€™re young, and youâ€™re romantically in love with somebody, and often if youâ€™ve just met somebody, its crazy! Itâ€™s completely overwhelming. You canâ€™t think of anything else. You just want to climb inside the other person and live under their pancreas. And then it mellows, somewhat... to the point where you can barely look at them... without feeling a mild distaste”
“The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.”
“So much of the pain we feel is based on resistance to what we can't change. Allowing yourself to let go and feel how you feel in the moment is a blissful thing.”

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