"I have no place left to live but in my own heart."

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Source : Anne Enright (2010). “The Gathering”, p.178, Random House

Anne Enright

“Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them.”
“The real division in the world today is not between socialism and capitalism, it's between freedom and totalitarianism.”
“I seem to enjoy making my life miserable by taking on too many projects and always wishing I could put more time into all of them.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Loneliness is a drug, a narcotic; it grows through veins, through nerves and muscles; it assumes some right of possession over your body and mind; it feeds itself, and creates its own requirement. Loneliness and solitude are walls.”

Source : R. J. Ellory (2010). “A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel”, p.100, The Overlook Press
“I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, Ill hit a brick wall and need to sleep.”
“I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.”
“Your parents put a curse on you - Someday your kids are going to act just like you.”
“There's a pianist out of Boston who made a beautiful record for the Fresh Sound label called 'Sketch Book'; his name is Vardan Ovsepian”

Source : "Brad Mehldau's Opening, Middle And Endgame". Interview with Mike Brannon, www.allaboutjazz.com. October 7, 2003.

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