"With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom."

-- Ryokan Taigu

#Buddhist Quotes #Flower Quotes #Butterfly Quotes

“Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the work. Blame may well be justified, but it's not going to move you forward in your life.”
“It was the single forgiving phrase in the syntax of weaponry I had strapped about me. The rest were unequivocal sentences of death.”

Source : Richard K. Morgan (2003). “Altered Carbon”, Del Rey
“I get stressed out really easily.”

Source : "Jennette McCurdy Opens Up About Photoshop, One Direction, and Being Part of ‘Generation Love’". Interview with Sam Koppelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 12, 2012.
“Fasting stirs a hunger in your spirit that goes deeper than the temporary you experience in your flesh.”
“I've always had a problem within myself of feeling that people didn't really see me as a musician and I'm out to get a bit of musical credibility.”
“In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.”
“Human beings have their great chance in the novel.”
“My point is, there are a lot of people in the world. No one ever sees everything the same way you do; it just doesn't happen. So when you find one person who gets a couple of things, especially if they're important ones... you might as well hold on to them. You know?”

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