"The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them again. And I cannot spend the rest of my life standing on the spot starting at shifting sunlight and mist and shadows across the sea."

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Source : Anne Perry (2010). “A Breach of Promise: A William Monk Novel”, p.57, Ballantine Books

Anne Perry

#Beautiful Quotes #Sea Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I really enjoy acting, and whether it's TV or films, I feel lucky to be doing it at all. In the end, I'd love to do films, but I'm not going to work just to do work. I only want to do something that I feel right about.”
“Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.”
“. . . if you close your eyes and begin to feel your breath, it will instantly become deeper and slower, and your mind will become calmer. Then gradually you'll become aware of your body, or more precisely the subtle sense of energy inside and around your body. At that moment, you exist as Energy-Consciousness, not as names, jobs, duties, roles, desires, and so on.”
“What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.”

Source : Stephen Mitchell (1999). “The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults”, Harmony
“I don't want it all to be pretty - it's a combination of loss and gain. Things are born, live and hang in limbo. That's what life's about...”
“I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong.”
“I'm a horrible control freak. It's awful! I'm nice, but if someone is folding some sheets while I am playing the guitar, I keep one eye on the way that they are folding the sheets.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.”

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