"The sublime delight of truthful speech to one who has the great gift of uttering it, will make itself felt even through the pangs of sorrow."

-- George Eliot

#Sublime Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Delight Quotes

“In my family, misery didn't just love company, it wanted hostages.”
“[I]t is easy to regard the mind and the body as two slaves trained to obey the imperial soul.... [I]n this trinity of soul, mind, and body, it is sometimes hard to tell which of the three is at work; and the personality of each of the three parties interferes a good deal with that of each of the others. But if you who read will remember that you are an infinite child of God, and can partake of his nature, and that you have given to you the management and direction of your mind and your body, you will be saved many failures.”
“My vanity is not dead. I laugh when I see pictures of myself as I am now-maybe so I won't cry, but just because it is really funny how much I've changed.”
“Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.”
“The infinity of this vacancy, the pervasive pain, the longing for some spirit, some lightness, some joy - that's all that is left.”
“Never connect yourself with the other person's pain. Just hear their need. Leave yourself out of the other person's feelings and needs.”
“I'm the kind of person that likes what I'm doing when I'm doing it.”
“I don't want to know movie directors. I don't want to be close to them. I don't want to interfere with their work. I don't want them to interfere with mine.”

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