"We don't all dig Shakespeare uniformly, or even 'Little Red Riding Hood.' The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life."

-- Ralph Ellison

#Art Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.”
“Sometimes a person needs to hear you forgive them so they can start to forgive themselves.”

Source : Rachel Gibson (2011). “Any Man of Mine”, p.365, Random House
“With surgical insight, Inside Madeline delves into the most complex female territory imaginable and dissects until every honest bone is revealed. Bomer's prose doesn't flinch, doesn't filter-the bravery of these stories left me breathless.”
“I work hard. But I play hard, too.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As if when someone close to us dies, we momentarily trade places with them, in the moment right before. And as we get over it, weâ€™re really living their life in reverse, from death to life, from sickness to health.”
“You're only as tall as your heart will let you be and you're only as small as the world will make you seem.”
“Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods me to explosions of disagreement, it also provokes useful thought.”
“I think my life is tremendously interesting, and surely, other people do too.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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