"... beauty, like ecstasy, has always been hostile to the commonplace. And the commonplace, under its popular label of the normal,has been the supreme authority for Homo sapiens since the days when he was probably arboreal."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Beauty Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.”
“But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.78, Hachette UK
“I think it's great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature.”
“We don't want to make a mistake. Would you rather make the mistake and err on the side of caution or wait until something happens and then answer to the American people, why you didn't vet these people properly?”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“In The Jack Daniels Sessions, folktales and modern landscapes collide, exploding and reforming in the form of an intriguing and intelligent collection. Cotman seizes the stories of tired tradition and galvanizes them, setting them to dance for us in wonderful, new interpretations.”
“At that moment I had a thrilling sharp intuition. I knew it as if I held it in my hands: In the gloom of death that surrounded the two of us, we were just at the point of approaching and negotiating a gentle curve. If we bypassed it, we would split off into different directions. In that case, we would forever remain just friends.”
“Our rages, daughters of despair, creep and squirm like worms. Prayer is the only form of revolt which remains upright.”
“Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.”

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