"You are about to start the greatest improvisation of all. With no script. No idea what's going to happen, often with people and places you have never seen before. And you are not in control. So say 'yes.' And if you're lucky, you'll find people who will say 'yes' back."

-- Stephen Colbert

#Graduation Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.”
“Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse usâ€“to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them.”

Source : Sarah J. Maas (2012). “Throne of Glass”, p.327, A&C Black
“I would say that fifty percent of my show is killer comedy.”
“Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.”
“The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant â€œI try and I achieve.”
“The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.”
“Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places of the earth, some harassed by spirits. Under all circumstances they suffer with the irrational part of their nature, with which they also sinned. For its sake there subsists that shadowy body which is seen about graves, especially the graves of evil livers.”
“Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2012). “Going Out”, p.6, Canongate Books

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