"I'd never understood the injunction not to regret anything, couldn't see how that wasn't cowardice..."

-- China Mieville

#Regret Quotes #Cowardice Quotes #Understood Quotes

“The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.”
“I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications are life lessons for us all.”

Source : "Jessye Norman: By the Book". www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.
“Sorrow is like the ocean and sometimes I wish my heart would stop.”
“Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.”
“A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.”
“I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.”
“I love boats. I can be on a boat for days.”
“I'm not Pollyanna - I know that my personality and my opinions and how I approach the teaching of writing maybe isn't exactly how it's done traditionally in the academy...wherever that academy is...but, you know, the academy is broken as it relates to many creative writing programs.”

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