"Above all, in my anger, I was sad. Isn't that always the way, that at the heart of the fire is a frozen kernel of sorrow that the fire is trying -- valiantly, fruitlessly -- to eradicate."

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Source : FaceBook post by Claire Messud from Sep 04, 2014

Claire Messud

#Heart Quotes #Fire Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“But homosexuality is a combat divider, dividing one's reason to live while taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all because their treacherous sin causes them to lose control of their bowels.”
“One-half plus one-half does not equal one; one whole plus one whole equals relational wholeness.”
“We need to remember who the enemy is, and then we need to eat them alive.”
“I have kept working, even if Ive thrown off the big movies I used to do. I still have three or four wonderful little movies coming out.”
“Light is everything in photographs and has to be considered in all situations.”

Source : "Viewer Q&A: Responses from Catherine Opie, El Anatsui, and Marina Abramović". Interview with Jonathan Munar, magazine.art21.org. Jun 7, 2012.
“Childhood is over when you know youâ€™re gonna die.”
“The whole mass of humanity . . . marches constantly, though slowly, toward greater perfection.”
“The biggest things in life are not materials.”

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