"Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misinterpreted, or else understood all too well by those who hate the message. You never know who your readers might be."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Hate Quotes #Book Quotes #Sea Quotes

“I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy.”

Source : "Frances Bean Cobain Says Dave Grohl Never Creeped on Her" by Christopher R. Weingarten, www.spin.com. April 12, 2012.
“(As human beings) We see everything everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, we'd see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves.”
“History is an angel being blown backwards into the future”

Source : Song: The Dream Before
“The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances.”
“Courage and confidence are practical necessities . . . courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to oneâ€™s own consciousness.”
“True freedom is living as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience in this moment. This inner alignment with the Now is the end of suffering.”
“I trained as a painter, and I still love painting, but eventually I became aware that the physical aspect of painting didn't really suit me. I didn't enjoy working in the medium. It's very messy. I prefer to have it clean, with a nice computer.”
“I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.”

Source : "Discovering Everyday Good Things". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 2, 1995.

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