"Art as a whole is a riddle. Another way of putting this is to say that art expresses something while at the same time hiding it."

-- Theodor Adorno

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“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”
“I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a survivor, mentally strong, determined, stronwilled, self-reliant, and independent. I also keep most of my pain, anger and feelings inside. I refuse to be vulnerable to anyone, especially my husband. The only people who see that more emotional or softer side are my children. That too because of my mother.”
“Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.”

Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1983). “Siegfried Sassoon's long journey: selections from the Sherston memoirs”, Oxford University Press, USA
“It was almost like fear, in the way it filled me, rising in my chest. It was almost like tears, in how swiftly it came. But it was neither of those, buoyant where they were heavy, bright were they dull.”

Source : Madeline Miller (2011). “The Song of Achilles”, p.46, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (1999). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Women, Life and Love”, p.189, New World Library
“The past is just data. I only see the future.”
“I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.”
“The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.”

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