"Those who love most, see most."

-- Hannah Hurnard

“What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.”
“Most of my mentors and investors have been incredibly smart, thoughtful men. I've had the privilege of being mentored by some extraordinary men who saw something in me and took me more seriously than I knew how to take myself.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I'm still breathing because I have faith. My faith and my kids are the two things that matter.”

Source : Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com
“And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.”

Source : Henry James (2015). “The Complete Novels of Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady + The Wings of the Dove + What Maisie Knew + The American + The Bostonian + The Ambassadors + Washington Square and more (Unabridged): Confidence + Roderick Hudson + The Awkward Age + The Europeans + The Golden Bowl + The Other House + The Outcry + The Princess Casamassima + The Reverberator + The Sacred Fount….”, p.2844, e-artnow
“Religion exalts mystery as an unknowable secret that must be sealed in glass like the corpse of an enchanted princess and fearfully worshipped from afar. Initiation, on the other hand, requires direct participation and demands each of us to smash the casket and press mad lips to mystery, wooing her as a lover who will offer up her treasurers in a succession of sweet surrenders. This she will do, but only in exact ratio to our evolving ability and worthiness to receive them.”

Source : Lon Milo DuQuette (2012). “The Sons of Osiris: A Side Degree: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection”, p.6, Weiser Books
“The furnace of affliction is a good place for you, Christian; it benefits you; it helps you to become more like Christ, and it is fitting you for heaven.”
“With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, â€˜Where is the hidden blessing?â€™ In starting a business and growing a business, every day is learning how to manage obstacles.”
“Life is accepting what is and working from that.”

Source : Gloria Naylor (2005). “The Women of Brewster Place”, p.85, Penguin

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