"There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward."

-- Erica Jong

#Marriage Quotes #Rhythm Quotes #Courtship Quotes

“None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last.”

Source : Djuna Barnes, Thomas Stearns Eliot (2006). “Nightwood”, p.147, New Directions Publishing
“At the outbreak of the war it was found very difficult to raise infantry in Texas, as no Texan walks a yard if he can help it. Many mounted regiments were therefore organized, and afterwards dismounted.”

Source : Arthur Fremantle (2008). “Three Months in the Southern States”, p.75, Applewood Books
“The fact that I get to live a life of passion where I'm doing only things that I love in this world and help people along the way. Life's good. I always remind myself of that.”
“I think anything thats creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that Im going through in my life. If youre going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, its a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.”
“We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.”
“I think, like many women, I was judgmental toward women as they aged...”

Source : "Charlize Theron: Mad Beautiful". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.wmagazine.com. April 20, 2015.
“People, the common people, can genuinely see what I'm doing. Moreover, people know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence. These are the four principles I adopted at the very beginning and continue to use until now. People see this and give me donations.”

Source : Source: www.irinnews.org
“At least I've had to come to that in my life, to realize that this stuff called failure, this stuff, this debris of historical trauma, family trauma, you know, stuff that can kill your spirit, is actually raw material to make things with and to build a bridge. You can use those materials to build a bridge over that which would destroy you.”

Source : "Joy Harjo's 'Crazy Brave' Path To Finding Her Voice". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. July 9, 2012.

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