"Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art."

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Source : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA

Pat Schneider

#Inspirational Quotes #Art Quotes #Painful Quotes

“There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.”
“An untidy, badly run house will ruin any marriage and is a disgrace to any intelligent woman.”
“The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.”
“I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.”
“The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.”
“The most likely site for error is in the most fundamental of our beliefs.”

Source : Samuel Warren Carey (1988). “Theories of the Earth and Universe: A History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences”, p.5, Stanford University Press
“I belong to the Lovecraft Society, which meets at the University. They do things like follow in Lovecraft's footsteps, just like he followed in Edgar Allan Poe's footsteps. I mean the actual footfalls, you know, like they're going out looking for sasquatch, this kind of stuff.”
“I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions. The Jungian view would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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