"If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat."

-- Martha Gellhorn

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“I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.”

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“I was the vampire Lestat again. I was back in action. New Orleans was once again my hunting ground.”
“To change, it takes a decision based on faith, faith takes forgetting everything you thought you knew.”
“From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.”
“Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort on the part of Negro leaders to arouse their people from their apathetic indifference.... In the past, apathy was a moral failure. Today, it is a form of moral and political suicide.”
“Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself, 'What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake? Feeling rejected? looking foolish? Or being alone?' I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer that you've been searching for comes into focus and as you walk into your fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.”
“I am a firm believer that you work as hard as you can, you're diligent, and God's gonna do with it what He wants to do with it. Whether it's big or little, it's still going to do what it needs to do and get into the hands it needs to get into.”
“Glass is the most magical of all materials. It transmits light in a special way.”

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