"Don't hang onto anything too tightly-all things must change and you have to allow room for them to grow and blossom."

-- Rachael Bermingham

#Letting Go Quotes #Rooms Quotes #Grows Quotes

“Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell a story that is made entirely, embarrassingly, of "I's," and a listening audience somehow turns each "I" into a "me." This alchemy, of self-absorption into shared experience, is the alchemy of all literature.”
“I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.”
“He kissed me, so gently at first that I melted. I pressed close against him as the kiss deepened, curling my arms around his neck and tumbling into pure sensation. The softness of his hair as I ran my fingers through it; his arms hands on my skin, caressing me. It felt so, so good. I'd been afraid that I'd never have this again--this sense of being so achingly alive that every nerve ending was on fire.”
“Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.”
“The only thing I can say, once again, is thank you, to all of you, to everyone who's supported us so far. From the people who first picked up the phone and voted on x factor, to the people who went into the shop and bought our albums and everybody in between. Thank you so much for a fantastic opportunity and helping me and the boys to where we are today.”
“Do I resent rich people? No. The best or worst I can do is notice them. I agree with the great Socialist writer George Orwell, who felt that rich people were poor people with money.”
“Live for yourself. Love those around you - but realise they have their own agendas.”
“Keep off your thoughts from things that are past and done; for thinking of the past wakes regret and pain.”

Source : The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley (2012). “Chinese Poems”, p.177, Routledge

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