"Stories open up new paths, sometimes send us back to old ones, and close off still others. Telling and listening to stories we too imaginatively walk down those paths - paths of longing, paths of hope, paths of desperation."

-- Arthur Kleinman

#Writing Quotes #Listening Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.”

Source : "Activate Your Goodness" by Shari Arison, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2013.
“It is only requisite for me to add that the doctrines which I commenced to preach some seven years since are as firmly believed by me as ever; and through persecutions have attended, and the rage and malice of men been heaped upon me, I feel equally as firm in the great and glorious cause as when first I received my mission from the holy messenger.”

Source : "Valedictory", Kirtland Church newspaper, editorial farewell dated February 1837, Messenger and advocate 3, p. 548, August 1837.
“It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.”
“The human brain is estimated to have about a hundred billion nerve cells, two million miles of axons, and a million billion synapses, making it the most complex structure, natural or artificial, on earth.”
“I suppose theres an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.”
“It's much harder, much more work to be your own artist, and it's hard for me to just want to do one thing. I love doing my own music, but I really have to get into a groove with it, which has been difficult over the last few years because I've had so much great work coming in.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.”
“Marriage the happiest bond of love might be, If hands were only joined when hearts agree.”

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