"Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story."

-- David Byrne

#Plot Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.”
“It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on me. I'm saying to them 'You are no different from me'.”
“You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.”
“We can't allow any war for imperialism or greed to be fought in our names. This is what we need to keep fighting for.”
“I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.”
“Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Left to my own devices, my first inclination is to mess in other people's lives. I secretly believe my whole family, and really the whole world, is my responsibility.”
“My main job is to go and have fun. When I do that, everything just seems to fall into place.”

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