"Here and gone. Thatâ€™s what it is to be human, I thinkâ€”to be both someone and no one at once, to hold a particular identity in the world (our names, our place of origins, our family and affectional ties) and to feel that solid set of ties also capable of dissolution, slipping away, as we become moments of attention."

-- Mark Doty

#Thinking Quotes #Names Quotes #Ties Quotes

“A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock.”
“Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them.”
“I'm not saying we all have to love each other. I'm not saying we all have to agree with each other. I'm not even saying we have to like each other but let's respect each other.”
“Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.”
“It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.”
“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.”
“there are times when the one thing you haven't counts more than all the riches that may be yours.”
“One is that I'm really interested in movies about sex and lust, because I think those are primal, carnal instincts that translate well to a visual medium. Two, these things that I write, or want to make, are an expression of - I don't want to say darker instincts, but let's say darker instincts. But that's why I'm a writer.”

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