"And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story."

-- Adriana Trigiani

#Talking Quotes #Roots Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties; and yet their only excuse is a want of thought.”
“We have tried to fit man into abstraction, but he does not fit.”

Source : Bahai lecture, New York; as quoted in "Abstract Expressionist Painting in America", W.C. Seitz, 1983, p. 104, October 30, 1951.
“If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are fighting the wrong battle.”
“Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.”
“Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.”

Source : "Jesse Metcalfe's Addiction Battle". More! Magazine Interview, www.contactmusic.com. February 02, 2013.
“It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.399, Simon and Schuster
“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.”
“We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it.... That does not fit my definition of a good tenant. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago.”

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