"I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky."

-- Karen Thompson Walker

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“He sees himself in his lover as if in a mirror, not knowing whom he sees, And when they are together, he too is released from pain, and when apart, he longs as he himself is longed for; for reflected in his heart is love's image, which is love's answer. But he calls it, and believes it, not love but friendship...”

Source : "Phaedrus". Translated by Mary Renault in "The Charioteer", p. 104, 1953.
“The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.”
“I think the tendency to paint composers or styles of music with too broad a brush - for example, identifying composers as writers of "simple" or "complex" music - has become increasingly problematic and is almost never productive.”
“With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but youve got a lot of downtime as well.”
“I don't really know how to play drums, so I play them wrong. But the pro guys, they never sweat. You know if someone's gone to music school, because they don't sweat when they play drums if they have.”

Source : Source: www.alternativenation.net
“How hollow must your life be for you to waste it hating and oppressing others, whose lives are of no consequence to your own?”
“Why do some people always see beautiful skies and grass and lovely flowers and incredible human beings, while others are hard-pressed to find anything or any place that is beautiful?”
“One thing I want to make clear: You never want to hide from your debts. It doesn't work.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com

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