"Once I'm already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It's like a giant box. It's like the boy in a bubble."

-- Michael Phelps

#Boys Quotes #Doors Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“I do think I have an ability to record sensual and emotional facts and factoids, to construct a convincing surface of what life feels like, both physical life and emotional life.”
“I am a woodlander, I have sap in my veins.”

Source : Roger Deakin (2009). “Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“The lows are disappointing but that makes the highs much sweeterThat's what drives you to compete.”
“More than anything else, kindness is a way of life. It is a way of living and walking through life. It is a way of dealing with all that is-our selves, our bodies, our dreams and goals, our neighbors, our competitors, our enemies, our air, our earth, our animals, our space, our time, and our very consciousness. Do we treat all creation with kindness? Isn't all creation holy and divine?”

Source : Jean Maalouf (2003). “The Healing Power of Kindness”, p.44, Twenty-Third Publications
“I'm just basking in the glory.”
“The labor into which a heart has poured its whole love--where will it have its say, to excite and inspire, and when?”

Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “Snow Country”, p.157, Vintage
“But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.34, Library of Alexandria
“The signals we give-yes or no, or maybe-/should be clear/the darkness around us is deep.”

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