"that since Ceciliaâ€™s suicide, the Lisbonâ€™s could hardly wait for the night to forget themselves in sleep"

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Suicide Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Night Quotes

“Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's like there's a spirit, or intuitive network, that comes through all of us, but most people don't take the time to think about it or remember it. These little things pop into our heads - it's just a process of intuition. The initial thought comes in a baby state, and you work on that some more.”
“It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.”
“Some people just have a natural gift and some people really have to work at it and I'm more of the second kind. I always had to grind it out, where from him it just flowed.”
“The film director, in many instances, has to swallow somebody else's decision about the final form of something. It's so hard as to be intolerable.”
“There is too much talk of cooking being an art or a science â€“ we are only making ourselves something to eat.”
“To be neutral does not mean to be indifferent or insensitive. You don't have to kill your feelings. It's enough to kill hatred within yourself.”

Source : Andrzej Sapkowski (2010). “Blood of Elves”, p.122, Hachette UK
“I love the confidence! I am who I am, and I know who I am. I respect what you have to say, but I'm not listening to you, and your opinion is not affecting me. I am a 49-year-old woman. Don't tell me! That's what I love!”
“The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.”

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