"Tall windows show Infinity; And, hard reality, The candles weep and pry and dance Like lives mocked at by Chance. The rooms are vast as Sleep within; When once I ventured in, Chill Silence, like a surging sea, Slowly enveloped me."

-- Edith Sitwell

#Sleep Quotes #Reality Quotes #Sea Quotes

“A lot of people say I can't do it because I'm blind, or I have red hair, or my feet are too big. Get the right team around you, don't set boundaries and go for it.”
“Smile. it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.”

Source : Jill Shalvis (2011). “Head Over Heels”, p.100, Hachette UK
“I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.”

Source : "We Are Alive" by David Remnick, www.newyorker.com. July 30, 2012.
“Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.”
“At 3 o'clock in the morning on tour when you're sober is a lot less fun than 3 a.m. when you're drunk in a bar or in a nightclub. But having said that, 9 in the morning on tour sober is immeasurably better than 9 a.m. on tour when you're hung over and feeling like death.”
“We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.”
“You belong in the most secret part of you. Donâ€™t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you fear, make it work for youâ€”draw and paint your fear and anxiety.”
“I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.”

Source : Bruce Robinson (2015). “Withnail and I”, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing

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