"If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it."

-- Thomas a Kempis

#Bears Quotes #Burden Quotes #Crosses Quotes

“Travel is said to be broadening because it makes us realize that our way of doing things is not the only one, that people in other cultures live differently and get by just fine. Insects do that, too, only better.”
“That's opera! I just love it. It just thrills me! And it's very different than theatre, and sometimes it can be frustrating because when you come in the first day of rehearsals obviously you're an opera fan, right?”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“I wonder if the course of narcissism through the ages would have been any different had Narcissus first peered into a cesspool. He probably did.”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1977). “Early writing”, Bookpeople
“Every day of my life I have been in situations, not just in Mexico, in the US too, in which I identified the form of operation as racism. There are situations in which a smile, a laugh, a greeting are racist exercises.”
“No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker.”
“I feel like humans are a disease. It's a hard thing to communicate in a pop song. I mean, who wants to hear that?”

Source : Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. July 29, 2014.
“Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.”
“It's an honor, indeed I'm glad, to join in giving a warm reception to a book that has given me many delightful moments.”

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