"I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world..and yet I know it will..I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree."

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Source : Mary Taubman, Gwen John (1985). “Gwen John”, Ashgate Publishing

Gwen John

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“Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.”
“Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists. Time travel is possible. For example, an object traveling at high speeds ages more slowly than a stationary object. This means that if you were to travel into outer space and return, moving close to light speed, you could travel thousands of years into the Earth's future.”

Source : Clifford A. Pickover (1999). “Time: A Traveler's Guide”, p.15, Oxford University Press
“It was when my children were 5, 3 and 10 months old that I just felt the desperate need to get to know God through the pages of my Bible. And as a result, I started a Bible class in my city for the primary purpose of being in it.”
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.”

Source : A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.
“I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.”
“See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow and the rhythm, the tumbling out of the words, is a betrayal, and it's a sin, Martin, it's a sin." --Hank (Kerouac)to Martin (Ginsberg) in the film Naked Lunch”
“Perhaps itâ€™s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are whatâ€™s important in life.”
“If wrestling can be considered an art form, then [Ric Flair] is using oils, and the many others merely water colors.”

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