"Pretend long enough that you belong, and eventually even you will believe it." - Gallen"

-- Mercedes Lackey

#Believe Quotes #Long Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.”
“I am always working out, whether I am on vacation or at home. When in La Jolla, I like to surf, play tennis, and golf - but surfing is definitely my favorite.”
“The best thing is to draw men and women from the nude and thus fix in the memory by constant exercise the muscles of the torso, back, legs, arms and knees, with bones underneath.”

Source : Giorgio Vasari (1907). “Vasari on technique: being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects”
“The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth-- the very thing the whole story has been about.”
“What's great about symbols, what a writer can do with them is provide a really vivid, interesting image, and the reader will do the rest of the work. That's always been very interesting to me. Like if I just introduce the storks, I don't have to say what they mean because the reader will do that. And if I bring in the dark history of the region, other trends come up, for example how in ancient Egypt they are associated with the souls of the dead. You can surprise yourself by introducing an image and then see how developing the story fills it with meaning that is suddenly new.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Ours was the Togetherness Generation. We equated togetherness with salvation, and expected so much from it that it was bound to let us down. Companionship, security, lifelong physical and spiritual and emotional warmth - all were to be had for the twist of a ring and the breathing of a vow. And to be had no other way.”
“I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.”
“To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.”

Source : Jean Vanier (2001). “Seeing Beyond Depression”, p.19, Paulist Press

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