"Later, she would remember these years, and realize with astonishment that she had, by fifteen, decided on most of the assumptions she would carry for the rest of her life: that people were essentially not evil, that perfection was death, that life was better than order and a little chaos good for the soul. Most important, this life was all. Unfortunately, she forgot these things, and had to remember them the hard way."

-- Marilyn French

#Order Quotes #Years Quotes #Evil Quotes

“So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.”
“The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.”

Source : Amy Bloom (2007). “Away: A Novel”, p.186, Random House
“Each piece that I put in the street is unique. I never make the same piece twice. For Hong Kong, like for every city where I have worked, I try to adapt my work to the culture and the 'colors' of the city.”

Source : "Artist Interview: ‘Invader’ on Hong Kong’s ‘Wipe Out’, street art policy – Exclusive". urban-dna.org. May, 2015.
“After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz.”
“But when I say it isn't meant for anyone's eyes, I don't mean it in the sense of one of those novel manuscripts people keep in a drawer, insisting they don't care if anyone else ever reads it or not.The people I have known who do that, I am convinced, have no faith in themselves as writers and know, deep down, that the novel is flawed, that they don't know how to tell the story, or they don't understand what the story is, or they haven't really got a story to tell. The manuscript in the drawer is the story.”

Source : Katharine Weber (2011). “The Music Lesson: A Novel”, p.16, Crown
“The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.”

Source : Christina Stead (2012). “House of All Nations”, p.126, Open Road Media
“I myself often feel that I have a tail in my pants. And I can see that many people do it as well, I am sure some of them simply wrap it around themselves.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Only when we see that the way of God's law is absolutely inflexible will we see that God's grace is absolutely indispensable. A high view of the law reminds us that God accepts us on the basis of Christ's perfection, not our progress. Grace, properly understood, is the movement of a holy God toward an unholy people. He doesn't cheapen the law or ease its requirements. He fulfills them in his Son, who then gives his righteousness to us. That's the gospel. Pure and simple.”

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