"Ruins provide the incentive for restoration, and for a return to origins. There has to be an interim of death or rejection before there can be renewal and reform."

-- J. B. Jackson

#Rejection Quotes #Reform Quotes #Restoration Quotes

“You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!”
“When a person has adequate self-esteem little slights offer no threat at all - they are simply "passed over" and ignored. Even deeper emotional wounds are likely to heal faster and cleaner, with no festering sores to poison life and spoil happiness.”
“I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.”
“When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.”
“You'd be surprised at how much I can drink. I mean, I can really drink.”
“I've also been writing with my guitarist, Ted Barnes, and he's amazing. Writing with him has taught me a lot about my own writing process, in the sense that it's incredably personal to write with someone else from scratch.”

Source : Interview with Hector de la Manzana, believermag.com. March 2003.
“Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do realise this is a gay club, don't you lads?' you get all excited because you think, 'Wow, he thought I was straight!'”
“Some men's passion is for gold. some men's passion is for art. some men's passion is for fame. my passion is for souls”

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