"If our greatest fear is to sink away alone and unremembered, the brutality that time will inflict upon each of us will always run stronger than any river's murky waves."

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Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado”, p.26, Pan Macmillan

Miguel Syjuco

#Running Quotes #Fear Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and what we have are gifts to be received and shared.”
“People say that time slips through our fingers like sand. What they don't acknowledge is that some of the sand sticks to the skin. These are memories that will remain, memories of the time when there was still time left.”
“Even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not wish to see.”

Source : "Lord of Light". Book by Roger Zelazny, 1967.
“Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.”
“In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.”

Source : "John Coltrane". Book by Bill Cole, 1976.
“Throughout my work, my subjects are being told that they must change their diet in order to make the adjustment into the new world. Our bodies must become lighter, and this means the elimination of heavy foods. During the sessions, my clients are repeatedly warned to stop eating meat (beef and pork especially), mainly because of the additives and chemicals that are being fed into the animals.”
“What do you think, Ronnie? Do you think we could stop after just one kiss?”

Source : Suzanne Brockmann (2016). “Prince Joe”, p.58, HQN Books
“It's personalities, it's conflict, it's all of these things that actually make performers interesting.”

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