"People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in which you can be happy. Use your old grief. That's the gift you're given."

-- Sue Grafton

#Happiness Quotes #Grief Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Before you say cut, wait 5 seconds”
“There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the first invitation. We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. If we wait for the mood, without endeavouring to meet it half-way, we easily become indolent and apathetic. We must be patient, and believe that inspiration will come to those who can master their disinclination.”
“Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting to them. If the British left, which she froze into immobility like Medusa, could bring itself to learn from this, then we might not have to look upon her like again.”
“The Bishop has a skin, God knows, Wrinkled like the foot of a goose, (All find safety in the tomb.) Nor can he hide in holy black The heron's hunch upon his back, But a birch-tree stood my Jack....”
“When you love someone, and you've lost that one, then nothing really matters.”

Source : "Song: 'When you love someone'". 2013.
“We can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection.”
“Any teen gets into a little trouble here and there. It's not hard to find trouble when you're looking for it as a kid.”
“I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.”

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