"I find myself continually falling back into wounds, wishes, terrors I thought I had risen beyond."

-- Christian Wiman

#Fall Quotes #Wish Quotes #Terror Quotes

“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
“Sometimes, life isn't about what you want to do but what you ought to do.”
“When an old and distinguished person speaks to you, listen to him carefully and with respect â€” but do not believe him. Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel laureate â€” may be wrong. The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical â€” always think for yourself.”

Source : "Linus Pauling: Scientist and Peacemaker". Book edited by Clifford Mead and Thomas Hager, 2001.
“If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?”
“When you work on your own life, you are less likely to hyper focus on the imperfections of your husband.”
“I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself”
“It's assumed that if you're a woman, you want to be the prettiest version of yourself. It always put me in a bad mood. It was like, "OK, I'm successful. I'm supposed to be happy. Well, why aren't I happy?" Part of the problem was that my looked-at-ness had become a priority over my art making. Over and over again it was like, "I don't have time for this. I want to work." I love writing. I don't love somebody putting false eyelashes on me.”
“He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.”

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