"I am always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though."

-- J. D. Salinger

#Friendship Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Alive Quotes

“The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.”
“I think the worst lie I ever told was, because my last name is Goth, I used to tell kids at school that I used to be related to 'Van Gogh' and when I turned 18, I would inherit all the fortune from the sunflower painting.”
“It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show.”

Source : Lady Gregory (1970). “The Collected Plays: The tragedies and tragic-comedies”, Colin Smythe
“The thrill, believe me, is as much in the battle as in the victory....”
“I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.”

Source : Interview with Antony Peattie, howard-hodgkin.com. October 19, 1993.
“Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy”
“We surround ourselves with what is better or see other people as role models. You go, "If they can do this, so can I." That starts to trigger people, as well.”
“The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because most nations are deceived about themselves. Rationalizations and the incessant search for scapegoats are the psychological cataracts that blind us to our sins. But the day has passed for superficial patriotism. He who lives with untruth lives in spiritual slavery.”

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