"Old age is perhaps life's decision about us ..."

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Source : Christina Stead (2016). “The Man Who Loved Children”, p.147, Head of Zeus

Christina Stead

#Decision Quotes #Age Quotes #Old Age Quotes

“Coming from the South and growing up in L.A. where it was so segregated - worse than the South in many ways - all the people in my neighborhood were from the South. So you had that Southern cultured environment. The church was very important. And there were these folk ways that were there. I was always fascinated by these Southern stories, people would share these mystified experiences of the South. I wanted to talk about folklore.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“We are as gods and might as well get good at it.”

Source : Stewart Brand (2010). “Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoeng ineering Are Necessary”, p.1, Penguin
“You are not broken. You break again and again because that's what breaking means. To be whole.”

Source : Brenda Shaughnessy (2008). “Human Dark with Sugar”, p.39, Copper Canyon Press
“I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything.”
“I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.”
“A piece of art - this goes for a painting or a sculpture or a book or whatever - really shouldn't have to do with the set of expectations that the viewer or the audience or the reader brings to that work. It should just have to do with how they interpret it and whether they like it or not.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“I'm working on my house and playing with my fire pit and kind of just hanging around and making my home feel homey.”
“The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.”

Source : Brennan Manning (2010). “The Wisdom of Tenderness: What happens when God's firece mercy transforms our lives”, p.88, Zondervan

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