"Art's too long and life's too short."

-- Grace Paley

#Art Quotes #Long Quotes #Too Short Quotes

“Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary.”

Source : Michael Arditti (1996). “Pagan and Her Parents”
“I was trying to get the slightly more cinematic version of my relationship with my mom, which I think was a really common relationship. I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium...”

Source : Jon Elster (1999). “Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions”, p.65, Cambridge University Press
“Aristotle him selfe sayeth, that medicines be no meate to lyue withall.”

Source : Roger Ascham, William Aldis Wright (2010). “English Works: Toxophilus. Report of the Affaires and State of Germany. The Scholemaster”, p.30, Cambridge University Press
“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”

Source : Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
“I don't think in my family anyone looked after anyone. It didn't matter how old they were.”
“Do you know that moment when you paint a landscape as a child and, when youâ€™re maybe under seven or something, the sky is just a blue stripe across the top of the paper? And then thereâ€™s that somewhat disappointing moment when the teacher tells you that the sky actually comes down in amongst all the branches. And itâ€™s like life changes at that moment and becomes much more complicated and a little bit more boring, as itâ€™s rather tedious to fill in the branchesâ€¦”

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