"That is why we have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be."

-- Harold S. Kushner

#Perfection Quotes #People Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“I'm into capturing the moment. Sometimes, I'll rip the camera out of my assistant's hands and he'll be shouting, But there's no film in the camera! and I think, Never mind! Let's go.”
“Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.”
“I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!”
“To translate a poem from thinking into English takes all night.”
“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.”
“He sees himself in his lover as if in a mirror, not knowing whom he sees, And when they are together, he too is released from pain, and when apart, he longs as he himself is longed for; for reflected in his heart is love's image, which is love's answer. But he calls it, and believes it, not love but friendship...”

Source : "Phaedrus". Translated by Mary Renault in "The Charioteer", p. 104, 1953.
“And we all end up where we started”
“Making decisions was the painful part for me, the part I agonized over. But once the decision was made, I simply followed throughâ€”usually with relief that the choice was made. Sometimes the relief was tainted by despair, like my decision to come to Forks. But it was still better than wrestling with the alternatives.”

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