"For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them with what you have written. It is the feeling early humans must have experienced when the firelight first overcame the darkness of the cave. It is the communal cooking pot, the Street, all over again. It is our need to know we are not alone."

-- Virginia Hamilton

#Cooking Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I love your hair! It's kind of messy but like, done.”
“One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an irrelevant emotion; it is the blood of life.”
“Villains used to always die in the end. Even the monsters. Frankenstein, Dracula - you'd kill them with a stake. Now the nightmare guy comes back.”
“With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.”
“If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were.”

Source : "Probing The Psyche Of Glasgow's Mean Streets". "Morning Edition" with Vicki Barker, www.npr.org. August 11, 2008.
“A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a 'no no' but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there's not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you're really standing in the wisdom of God.”

Source : "Exclusive: Derek Luke Talks About Spirituality, Jack Johnson and His New Role On 'Hawthorne'" by Cynthia Reid, www.indiewire.com. June 14, 2011.
“Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals who have been imprisoned for plotting violence against abortion clinics should never again be permitted anywhere near such facilities.”

Source : "The Case for an Anti-Abortion Violence Registry". www.huffingtonpost.com. July 30, 2009.
“People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as â€˜parasitesâ€™ fail to understand economics and parasitism. A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host, one that can make its host work for it without appearing as a burden. Such is the ruling class in a capitalist society.”

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