"I suppose I do believe that the greatest art consoles a wound that it creates, that art can give you the capacity to endure and respond to the pain it forces you to feel. Psychological pain, I mean."

-- Christian Wiman

#Art Quotes #Pain Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.”
“He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he's alone and will be for long. He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was also remotely a possibility.”
“I believe that in this life, we are defined not by the station in life into which we are born, nor by our pedigree, race, or religion, but by the choices we make.”
“Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.”

Source : "Oscar for Valid Dreamers" by Rep. Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2014.
“The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift demanding no less binding moral responsibilities than the friendship of a human being.”

Source : Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson (2002). “Man Meets Dog”, p.135, Psychology Press
“And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done.”
“In business school classrooms they construct wonderful models of a non- world.”
“Not justified - but Himmler told me that if the Jews were not exterminated at that time, then the German people would be exterminated for all time by the Jews.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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