"There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of earthly sorrow - of the grave as a resting place for the tired and worn out body - has been pleasant to dwell upon."

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Source : Solomon Northup (2016). “Twelve Years a Slave”, p.76, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Solomon Northup

#Tired Quotes #Happy Life Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.”
“I have with me all that I do not know. I have lost none of it.”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. June 26, 2009.
“One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant. They are two orders of fact which reflect each other, which are always linked and which sometimes provoke each other.”
“You take souls for vegetables.... The gardener can decide what will become of his carrots but no one can choose the good of others for them.”
“I think it's a great quality to the movie, Ondine, that it's so authentic, and it didn't go for a compromise, like speaking with clearing accent.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.”
“I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.”
“What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.”

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