"The irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut The portals of our earthly destinies; We walk through blindfold, and the noiseless doors Close after us, forever."

-- Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

#Destiny Quotes #Years Quotes #Doors Quotes

“At the beginning of my career, a more senior photographer told me to shoot stories on women and I didn't want to. But I spent two and a half years in India and chose to do stories about women because I was shocked by their treatment. My stories in the Middle East and on the border of Europe and Asia were a response to my time in India. They weren't driven by a feminist idea but when you're moved by women's issues in these countries you can't help becoming a feminist somehow.”
“Graffiti writers will never stop. They'll just evolve. It's interesting what ideas people come up with and how it all extends forward.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.”
“The simple dignity of a child drinking a bowl of milk embodies the fascination of an ancient rite.”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself.”
“The work saved me. I clung to it like flotsam in a boiling sea. It was the only solitary sport that I ever played, or was any good at. It felt natural to sit at my computer and type and type some more. For entire minutes, while writing, I could forget the godawful thing that had happened. I could forget that nothing really mattered anymore. Perhaps, if I set my sights low, I could care again about some small thing. I would type a word. One word. Then another. I started to care about the words, then entire sentences...”

Source : Rheta Grimsley Johnson (2010). “Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir”, p.190, NewSouth Books
“People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.”

Source : Interview with Christina Lessa, flattmag.com.
“Like most authors, I also love to read.”

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