"The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns."

-- Irving Stone

#Heart Quotes #Joy Quotes #Brooding Quotes

“I see the possibility of being 'made new' again and the gift of rebirth is all that lets anyone really live.. ..The great secret.. .. is never to get stuck, imprisoned in common social patterns. They always paralyse the real quality of life - the 'going onward' is all that matters, and the dead moments in one's life through trying to be a unit in any society or social concept are terrifying really.”

Source : Letter to Adelaide Kuntz; as quoted in "Marsden Hartley", by Gail R. Scott, 1988, p. 168, September 7, 1933.
“The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.”
“When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.”
“While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of sheer boredom.”
“Marking dynamos for repair $10,000.00-2 hours labor $10.00; knowing where to mark $9,990.00.”
“The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.”

Source : Ann-Marie Macdonald (2010). “Fall on Your Knees”, p.358, Vintage Canada
“When the world changes, you have to adapt and change with it. It's not just death and taxes that we can always count on in life.... add 'change' to that mix. No matter what, tomorrow will always be a little bit different than today.”
“The first thing a fascist regime does is burn books. To not have them around would mean to make sure they're not written in the first place.”

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