"There are openings in our lives of which we know nothing."

-- Jane Hirshfield

#Opening Quotes

“The bartenders are the regular band of Jack, and the heavenly drummer who looks up to the sky with blue eyes, with a beard, is wailing beer-caps of bottles and jamming on the cash register and everything is going to the beat - It's the beat generation, its bÃ©at, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like oldtime lowdown.”
“Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men charging off in pursuit of fortune or fame or an imagined Utopia. That is why we number so few geniuses among us. The wholesome oyster wears no pearl, the healthy whale no ambergris, and as long as we can keep on adding to the race, we harbor a sort of health within ourselves.”

Source : Phyllis McGinley (1962). “The province of the heart”
“We must come to terms with our responsibility to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger. Our love for life can propel us to share and provide a secure future for the children of our country.”
“I have only interest in things I could drink.”
“There are still eight of us,â€ Guy pointed out. â€œNot exactly an even fight.â€ â€œI was thinking the same thing,â€ Mauvin said. â€œSadly, thereâ€™s no one else here we can ask to join your side.â€ Guy looked at Mauvin, then Hadrian, for a long moment as the men glared across the ash at each other. Then he nodded and lowered his blade. â€œWell, I can see Iâ€™ll have to report your misconduct to the archbishop.â€ â€œGo ahead,â€ Hadrian said. â€œHis body is buried with the rest of them just down the hillside.”
“The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!”

Source : 1937 'They Can't Take That Away from Me', song from the film musical Shall We Dance? (music by George Gershwin).
“What you want most you push away from you. You want more than you care to admit.”
“Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.”

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