"I'd say art is with you. All around you. I'd say when there doesn't seem to be anyone else, there is art. I'd say you can love art how you wish to be loved. And I'd say art is a lifeline to the rest of us - we are out here. You are not alone. There is nothing about you that scares us. There is nothing unlovable about you, either."

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Source : Interview with Molly Gaudry, thelitpub.com. June 2, 2011.

Lidia Yuknavitch

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Wish Quotes

“Stop and appreciate what you have today. Look at what you have with wider eyes, maybe with more compassion and more gratitude for the things that you do have and not the things you donâ€™t have.”
“Grampa took Mary Ellen inside away from the crowd. "Now, child, I am going to show you what my father showed me, and his father before," he said quietly. He spooned the honey onto the cover of one of her books. "Taste," he said, almost in a whisper. . . . "There is such sweetness inside of that book too!" he said thoughtfully. "Such things...adventure, knowledge and wisdom. But these things do not come easily. You have to pursue them. Just like we ran after the bees to find their tree, so you must also chase these things through the pages of a book!”
“Biology makes us Mothers & Fathers, whats in the heart makes us Mom's and Dad's”
“Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities - engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it”
“Angel exists; and I believe in angels but I'm not an angel; no one can be an angel; just we can be straight.”
“The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.”

Source : Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited
“The human mind is kind of like a piÃ±ata. When it breaks open, there's a lot of surprises inside. Once you get the piÃ±ata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience.”
“Emotional pain rarely comes up for me now. When it does, for sure, I feel it. But then, fortunately, through my life experience and my practices, I'm able to see it for what it is, and I'm able to use the techniques that yoga and Ayurveda have to offer us.”

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