"What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose the one with the scary mother and troublemaking in his bloodlines? I am doomed."

-- Trudi Canavan

#Mother Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Scary Quotes

“Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood.”
“Anyway, solitary people interest me. There are so many different ways of being solitary.' 'I know just what you mean,' said X. 'I know exactly what you're going to say. Different kinds of solitude. Enforced solitude and voluntary solitude.' 'Quite,' said Viktoria. 'There's no need to go into it further. But when people understand one another without speaking, it can often leave them with very little to talk about, don't you think?”
“We believe that war is an inevitable consequence of the current global economic situation.”
“As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.”
“Enthusiasm is a divine possession.”
“I never directly think of certain films. I know I am influenced by all the films I see.”
“Words are intermediary between thought and things. We express ourselves really not through words, which are only signs, but through what they signify - through things.”

Source : George Edward Woodberry (1920). “Collected Essays: The torch and other lectures and addresses”
“I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth.”

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