"As much as I admire and value intellectualism and experimentation, I've discovered that unless a book has a throbbing heart as well as a sexy brain, I feel like the story is a specimen in a sealed glass jar and not a living, breathing creature I want to take by the hand and talk to for hours on end."

-- Myla Goldberg

#Sexy Quotes #Book Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility...”

Source : Song: Sailing, Album: Christopher Cross
“If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.”
“I was like, "Who the hell is Bob Dylan?" I was going to learn one song to appease my mom and alphabetically the first song in the book was "Absolutely Sweet Marie." When I heard it, it was like "Oh, there is something going on here. It's not like my parents' boring music that I don't care about. This is totally electrifying."”

Source : "Playground for the Perplexed". Interview with J.L. Sirisuk, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 5, 2015.
“In the beginning I had a lot of self-imposed limitations as far as production and instrumentation. It was really inspiring for us at the time, because those limitations allowed us to push ourselves as songwriters and gave us a strong sound that people could recognize as ours, like wearing a leather jacket every day. A uniform. They know it's you - and that's great - but my original intention wasn't to be a shoegaze band or to be derivative of one sound.”
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness. Then if you're not a good mixer you can always fall back on your own company.”
“Well time has a way of throwing it all in your face. The past, she is haunted, the future is laced.”

Source : Song: Big Black Car
“Success is seldom permanent, and failure is seldom fatal. The important thing is to keep trying.”

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