"Only the chaste are truly obscene."

-- Joris-Karl Huysmans

#Chaste Quotes #Obscene Quotes

“Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.”
“I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.”
“I started cooking out of middle school depression.”
“There's something so awesome about being able to get up in front of a microphone and do exactly what you want. Stand-up is as close as you're ever going to get to being 100 percent in control of a situation artistically, and I don't understand why people wouldn't want to keep doing that.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Apple doesn't do hobbies as a general rule.”
“I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.”
“We always have to ask ourselves whether the level of risk is worth the story. What is bravery, and what is bravado?”

Source : "Opinion: Colvin fought injustice, armed only with words and images" by Hannah Storm, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2012.
“The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.”

Source : Wayne Muller (1993). “Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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