"Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."

-- John Shirley

#Friday Quotes #Distance Quotes #Weekend Quotes

“Heads of warring nations could learn a lot about how to achieve lasting peace by watching dogs and cats who live in the same house.”

Source : Blaize Clement (2010). “Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery”, p.26, Minotaur Books
“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”

Source : Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt (1845). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, &c. &c”, p.92
“I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.”

Source : "At 60, 'Challenges Are Opportunities' For John Zorn". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, wbaa.org. September 3, 2013.
“Poetry is like pooping. If there is a poem inside of you, it has to come out. Sometimes it can be really difficult and take longer than you'd like (it may even be painful), but other times it can be really easy and happen much faster than you expected. But either way - it is important, and it feels so much better when it's done.”
“You specialize in something until one day it is specializing in you.”
“Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.”
“I may be loaded. I may be drunk. But I ain't stupid.”
“No one wishes for crisis, but when crises come, they can call forth our best impulses, those of compassion, courage, creativity, and community. And if there are crimes and evils hidden in the dark places of our society and the darker places of our consciousnesses, all the better they come to the surface to be seen, understood, confronted, and healed. If our generation is called to bear a burden of that healing, it is a powerful calling and honor and one within our capability.”

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