"...I had grown up in a world that was dominated by immature age. Not by vigorous immaturity, but by immaturity that was old and tired and prudent, that loved ritual and rubric, and was utterly wanting in curiosity about the new and the strange. Its era has passed away, and the world it made has crumbled around us. Its finest creation, a code of manners, has been ridiculed and discarded."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Tired Quotes #Immature Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“I never tried to stage, to fabricate an image.”

Source : Source: observer.com
“Thought is the only treasure that God sets outside all power and keeps to serve as a secret link among the unhappy.”
“Lizzie Harris's debut collection, Stop Wanting, crafts images and lines of such arresting splendor that I am very often driven to joy at the feats of beauty and healing that language is capable of bringing into being.”
“Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people.”
“Culture is just a shambling zombie that repeats what it did in life; bits of it drop off, and it doesn't appear to notice.”
“Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management and the board of directors?”
“You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.”
“I've always believed in instinct over intellect. The instinct is what you always knew; intellect is what you figure out.”

Source : Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.92, Penguin

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