"Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Indifference Quotes #Blind Quotes #Terror Quotes

“That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing”
“To speak the gospel skillfully without attempting to perform the gospel is a false proclamation of the gospel.”
“Fashion is like eating. You shoudn't stick with the same menu.”
“To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.”
“Whenever I sign a garment with my name, I consider myself as the creator of the masterpiece.”
“I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail.”
“I don't do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you're already halfway down.”
“Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden.”

Source : Karen Armstrong (2010). “Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Life In and Out of the Convent”, p.382, Vintage Canada

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