"Above all else I am a dilettante in life."

-- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

“Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God.”
“It is the lack of knowledge of, or the unwillingness to recognise, or the deliberate denial of the existence of the serial bully which is the most common reason for an unsatisfactory outcome for both employee and employer.”
“If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.”
“I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.”
“But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2015). “The Sea of Trolls”, p.199, Simon and Schuster
“The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.”
“I write almost everything on my albums, all the hooks etc, but I can't sing them as I hear them in my head. I would struggle to write for just my own voice as it would be pretty limiting on what my tracks are capable of sounding like, so being open to collaboration is crucial for what I do.”

Source : Source: acclaimmag.com
“perhaps the only magician we have is the artist.”

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