Ivan Doig quotes

Childhood is the one story that stands by itself in every soul.
-- Ivan Doig

#Childhood #Soul #Stories

The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.
-- Ivan Doig

#Stars #Space #Done

There is more time than there is expanse of the world and so any voyage at last will end.
-- Ivan Doig

#World #Voyages #Lasts

It came to me more as a whisper of suggestion than the fundamental adage that it is - if this is not biblical, I shall always believe it should be - that all of us need someone who loves us enough to forgive us despite the history.
-- Ivan Doig

#Believe #Biblical #Forgiving

Life is mostly freehand.
-- Ivan Doig

#Life Is

The nature of love is that it catches you off-guard, subjects you to rules you have never faced, some of them contradictory.
-- Ivan Doig

#Love Is #Contradictory #Subjects

Every soldier in the course of time exists only in the breath of written word.
-- Ivan Doig

#Soldier #Written Word

I am a writer, not a transcriber.
-- Ivan Doig

I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.

At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader.

Shahid Kapoor is my childhood crush

There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.

But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I'll be there.

I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music

It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!