"When I was sixteen, I danced before an audience without music. At the end someone suddenly cried 'its Death and the Maiden'. But that was not my intention; I was only endeavoring to express my first knowledge of the underlying tragedy in all seemingly joyous manifestation. The dance according with my comprehension, should have been called 'Life and the Maiden'."

-- Isadora Duncan

#Dance Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Sixteen Quotes

“We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.”
“I would destroy the city if something happened to you. I can't even bear the thought of it.”
“I think if I had one year of college, I'd have done better with the mental part [of the NBA].”
“Blood is the god of war's rich livery.”
“No, actually I'm trying to stay away from the big screen.”
“I'd love to have time to do my hair, honestly. I'd love to be Victoria Beckham just for one day - to look that good. But I can't.”
“If you think you love me, then you donâ€™t know what love is,' Gabriel said. 'Love has to be reciprocated for it to be real.”

Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2011). “Hades”, p.339, Macmillan
“I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.”

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