"The word landed with a stony thud Onto my still-beating breast. Nevermind, I was prepared, I will manage with the rest. I have a lot of work to do today; I need to slaughter memory, Turn my living soul to stone Then teach myself to live again. . . But how. The hot summer rustles Like a carnival outside my window; I have long had this premonition Of a bright day and a deserted house."

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Source : Anna Akhmatova, “Requiem”

Anna Akhmatova

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“The gods where like the weather; sometimes good, sometimes bad, and either way, always beyond her.”
“Most comedy comes out of misery.”

Source : "Seth Rogen: My cancer comedy bromance". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2011.
“I've always wanted to marry Elton John.”
“Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard.”

Source : "Steve Carell Braves His 'Office' Job" by The Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. March 25, 2005.
“The entire fruit is already present in the seed.”
“When you forget that you need Allah, He puts you in a situation that causes you to call upon him. And that's for your own good..”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Oct 09, 2013
“He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a guy from another era, I thought. Though I am a big believer in gender equality, chivalry scores high in my book.”
“I think the role of the artist today is about being provocative. I don't mean shocking, but you have to provoke people into action. As an artist, you ask people for their time. It's the most precious thing anyone has. I'm asking audiences to come to my work and spend some time with it. What I'm really doing, of course, is asking people to take time for themselves.”

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