"My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune."

-- Sonny Rollins

#Mother Quotes #Islands Quotes #Tunes Quotes

“I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my children on TV for six years. They know what kind of parent I am.”
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”

Source : Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.440, Bantam Classics
“In L.A., I called every scrap yard and surplus place that was listed, about 50 or 60 places, and only at one of them did the owner get intrigued and let me go around the yard to find stuff. Because the insurance regulations are such that you can't go into the places anymore.”
“As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful.”
“Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.”
“You can choose right now to change the way you are experiencing a windstorm. Adjust your sails.”
“I'm Paige," I whispered. He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?" I didn't answer, not right then.”
“I'd heard that swimming feels so good when you're pregnant, and I love being in the ocean. I was even paddle boarding up until 17 weeks, but then my center of gravity and balance were completely off.”

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