"Having a body that is like a musical instrument, open enough to be able to resonate, literally resonate with what is coming both from the inside and from the outside, so that one is able to surrender to powers greater than oneself."

-- Marion Woodman

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“When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.”
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
“For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiments. Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.”
“I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.”
“Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People don't get to put them in the paper like I do.”
“I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.”

Source : " Stumptown Girl" by Margaret Talbot, www.newyorker.com. January 02, 2012.
“I think getting stoned has made me buy a lot of bad albums, because when I'm stoned I think everything is amazing.”
“Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.”

Source : James T. Farrell (2001). “Studs Lonigan”, p.464, Penguin

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