"We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective."

-- FranÃ§ois-RenÃ© de Chateaubriand

#Heart Quotes #Light Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my life would unfurl uniquely.”
“We live in the best of worlds. But still, it's like we've lost something on the way to here: a sense of life. I can't know for sure, I might be the only one who's lost it. Maybe everybody else is living the now, thinking they're having it well. Anyhow, that motivated me to write the books.”
“I am pregnant with song. My body aches but do not betray me. I will sing songs and hide them away. I will tear them into bits and throw them in the street. The streets of my city are full of dark holes. I will hide my songs in the holes of the streets.”

Source : Sherwood Anderson (2006). “Mid-American Chants”, p.1, Quale Press
“There is no detraction worse than to overpraise a man, for if his worth proves short of what report doth speak of him, his own actions are ever giving the lie to his honor.”
“My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.”

Source : "Lady luck" by Maddy Costa, www.theguardian.com. April 10, 2008.
“I've always wanted to get involved with designing a video game.”
“The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion, but an iron law of evolution.”
“Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.”

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