"New Haven cultivates ... an open gloom that seems happy to acknowledge disrepair and the superfluity of appearance. ... I realized that what cramped the town was the weight of unwritten volumes: they scored lines of unfinished writing on every second face that walked the streets ..."

-- Sara Suleri

#Writing Quotes #Cities Quotes #Weight Quotes

“Unfortunately, the only meaning that society attributes to life today is an opportunity to make money.”
“He's not a lad that likes to stand on his feet.”
“Venus favors the bold.”
“I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living”
“You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit.”
“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.”

Source : "Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh edited and translated by Shoghi Effendi, 1935.
“Spice is life. It depends upon what you like... have fun with it. Yes, food is serious, but you should have fun with it.”
“I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I'd give him an expression of shock, so he poured scalding hot water on my arm during the take. He splashed it on me. He got his expression of shock, but I also got, like, second-degree burns!”

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