"I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner."

-- Alejo Carpentier

#Spontaneous Quotes #Harmony Quotes #Composition Quotes

“You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.”
“It's so archaic. It's just, like, bizarre to me. I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?'”
“We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and ***** has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.”
“You make a living from 8 to 5, but you make money from 5 to 8.”
“The past is over... forget it. The future holds hope... reach for it.”
“We're actually just moving one type of deficit to another. But, the problem with this second type of deficit is that you drive on it and then it falls down.”
“I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better life. I'm part of a majority and not a minority. My life has been a life of growth. If you're not growing, you're not going to understand real love. If you're not reaching out to help others then you're shrinking. My life has been active. I'm not a spectator”
“You can go on like this for a very long time, and no one will notice. You keep thinking you're going to hit some sort of bottom, but I'm here to tell you: There is no bottom.”

Source : Dan Chaon (2009). “Among the Missing”, p.16, Ballantine Books

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