"Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more."

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Source : Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

Jeannette Walls

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“But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks.”
“The theme of the diary is always the personal, but it does not mean only a personal story: it means a personal relationship to all things and people. The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic; I never generalize, intellectualise. I see, I hear, I feel. These are my primitive elements of discovery. Music, dance, poetry and painting are the channels for emotion. It is through them that experience penetrates our bloodstream.”
“My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world.”

Source : Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.134, I.B.Tauris
“In one of his last appearances, Mitterrand, the agnostic president, was asked what the real God might say to him if he went to heaven. God would say: "At last, you know." And I would hope that He would add, "Welcome."”
“Life didnâ€™t go how I had planned, but I couldnâ€™t have planned a better life. Somewhere in between the beginning and eternity, I fought the war that we all must fightâ€“the journey that in taking, forces us to come face to face with our own realities.”
“You are not alone. You are seen. I am with you. You are not alone.”
“But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.”

Source : Danielle Trussoni (2010). “Angelology: A Novel”, p.292, Penguin
“If you chase the art, you really can't fail because you'll always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. And that's not about making angry decisions, either, it's about always doing the right thing for you, your fans and your art.”

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