"If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!"

-- Daniel Handler

#Voice Quotes #Optimism Quotes #Hopeful Quotes

“One of the most important things I've learned about acting is that you can't separate how you live your life and how you practice your art.”
“Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.”
“Almost all the United Commonwealth presidents have been female. It has been argued that women are less aggressive, more maternal, and thus more focused on the well-being of the country's people. Less focused on politics or power.”

Source : Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing 2: Independent Study”, p.87, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
“Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.”
“I'm drawn to fiction that hints at nonfiction, that blurs or seems to blur the boundaries between invention and autobiography.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You have no idea how hard it is to grieve and fall madly in love at the same time.”
“I'd work eighteen-hour stretches and fall asleep in my clothes. Then I'd wake up in the middle of the night, brew a pot of tea, and start work again. I was tired, but work had become pure enjoyment.”
“A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will make its own way in the world.”

Source : Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (2010). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.188, W. W. Norton & Company

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