"Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song."

-- Anne Carson

#Song Quotes #Drama Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Everything that explains the world has in fact explained a world that does not exist, a world in which men are at the center of the human enterprise and women are at the margin 'helping' them. Such a world does not exist â€” never has.”

Source : "Why Women’s History Month" by Ruth Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 11, 2014.
“Todays youth cannot miss something they have never known, but I fear that there are no current fictional characters whose impact and influence will last with such abiding affection into their sore and yellow as this splendid mans creations have in mine!”
“I've built many doorways and set out traps so that no one will be able to reach this place. That's what the angel said. This is a castle of darkness for the angel and I alone. Only within this yielding gloom can I lament the misfortune that has rained down all around me, only here am I permitted to scorn and pity the ugliness, the filthiness of how I smile and pretend at being pure in the light of day.”
“Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional.”
“You know, I would like to think that the right way to do things is that the people who actually have the jobs that are nominated by the president, confirmed by the Senate, have responsibility for different regions in the world - that they have responsibility for the policy.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect.”

Source : "De-Stressing Through Laughter - 10 Ways It Improves Your Health" by Marlo Thomas, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.
“Adversity makes men wise but not rich.”
“Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I'm starting to regret it.”

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