"Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful."

-- Joe Queenan

#Beautiful Quotes #Great Writers Quotes

“I was driven on by.. A force which I see today as something alien to my normal life... so I have been no more than a medium as it were.”
“My family always says my voice is a giftâ€”a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used to joke that the 'Kates' in our family got all the talent.”
“With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.”

Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”
“It's kind of like family. I can't say that we go out to lunch and to the movies every day with each other. Everyone's fully grown adult women with lives.”
“If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I've some news for you, we're here to defend wealth.”

Source : Song: The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions
“People are all the same. We need a personal reason to get our asses off the couch.”

Source : Olen Steinhauer (2010). “The Nearest Exit”, Macmillan
“I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that involved the right of a defendant to counsel at a critical stage in a capital case before a trial.”
“Actualization of self cannot be sought as a goal in its own right. . . . Rather, it seems to be a by-product of active commitment of one's talents to some cause, outside the self, such as the quest for beauty, truth, or justice.”

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