"I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?"

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Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.55, The Floating Press

George Gissing

#Happiness Quotes #Moments Quotes #Passing Quotes

“We resist transition not because we can't accept the change, but because we can't accept letting go of that piece of ourselves that we have to give up when and because the situation has changed.”
“The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.”
“The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice.”
“Letting go is the hardest part... but you have to look at it through their eyes and realize the pain you caused them is that same pain you feel now.”
“I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.”
“Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.”
“I do not like a haphazard connection between the dances and the music.”
“What I found interesting in dance is the idea that my work has always been dealing with the nervousness between the human subject as a subject and the human subject as a form. And if you look at my dance films, there are always these cuts between the dancer as a form, the dancer as a subject, and this kind of very harsh treatment of the dancer as someone who's actually drawing with their body.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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