Quotes
Authors
Mary Kay Zuravleff

"In a family, you take on each other's problems and joys differently, and more intensely. The amplitude - and the undulation of the family - is different from the people you just generally bump into on the street, because you're chained together. And what happens if you break that chain? In almost every family that I know, someone has escaped, set themselves free, tried to run away - whatever what you want to call it. And often, they are made more conspicuous by their absence."

-- Mary Kay Zuravleff

#Running Quotes #People Quotes #Joy Quotes

“For the longest time, I was just playing music and not really expecting any success - just kind of doing it because I liked doing it. While doing that, I went on a lot of shitty tours, playing to nobody, so I think it makes me appreciate it. Our band the New Pornographers have been popular for a few years now, but it still shocks me. I remember thinking we were hugely popular when we sold 15,000 records, and now this one sold 30,000 in two weeks. I'm grateful for the whole thing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“... fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there-because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don't think it should exist.”

Source : "But it’s all about equality, right?" by Mark Powell, www.spectator.com.au. August 31, 2017.
“I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening.”

Source : Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.355, Simon and Schuster
“Twitter brings you closer. I mean, we see this over and over again from our users. It brings them closer to the action. It brings them closer to their heroes.”
“A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window.”

Source : How Buildings Learn ch. 3 (1994)
“I like living, breathing better than working...my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it's a sort of constant euphoria.”
“The eyes are the windows of the soul.... If someone was to look into your eyes, what would you want them to see?”
“The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.”

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