"Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style."

-- Rebecca Solnit

#Kindness Quotes #Generosity Quotes #Style Quotes

“Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black girl's perspective, and the imagery was so vivid that I started doing spoken word.”
“I am a very, very avid 'Anchorman' fan.”
“I told my therapist I was having nightmares about nuclear explosions. He said don't worry it's not the end of the world.”
“There comes a point where the disappointments in your life accrue faster than you can find external forces to blame them on.”
“What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit, in order to achieve a complete victory. For workers to gain a few cents more a day, a few minutes less a day, and go back to work with the same psychology, the same attitude toward society is to achieve a temporary gain and not a lasting victory.”
“Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.”
“Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.”
“How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.”

Source : Patrick Süskind (2015). “The Pigeon”, p.32, Penguin UK

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