"We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies."

-- Etty Hillesum

#Fighting Quotes #Lakes Quotes #Worry Quotes

“To me, the process of writing is just reading what I've written and - like running your hand over one of those mod glass stovetops to find where the heat is - looking for where the energy is in the prose, then going in the direction of that. It's an exercise in being open to whatever is there.”
“The human capacity for self-delusion is boundless, and the effects of belief are overpowering.”
“I had a psychotic break that was brought on by alcohol and drug abuse,”

Source : "Scott Stapp: Bipolar Disease, Drugs Fueled 'Psychotic Break'" by Daniel Kreps, www.rollingstone.com. May 13, 2015.
“I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.”
“...playing with the Barbie-size keyboard on my new phone. Phones are like toys now. They fit in your pocket, light up and vibrate like joy buzzers. Plus, you can get-I mean, "access"-the Internet and find anything you want. Music. Maps. Porn. Anything. If cell phones came with a cigarette dispenser, they'd be the greatest stupid invention ever.”
“The more fearless we are in our personal lives, the more of that spirit we'll bring to changing our world.”

Source : "A Conversation Between Arianna and Her Daughters". Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2007.
“Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.”
“I love you, what star do you live on?”

Source : Conrad Aiken (1918). “The Charnel Rose. Senlin: Biography and Other Poems”, p.74, Ardent Media

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