"As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it."

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Source : Charles Horton Cooley (2017). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.231, Routledge

Charles Horton Cooley

#Eye Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Water Quotes

“Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of "somedays." Plant your ***** and scribble, type, keyboard. If you have any talent at all, it will leak out despite your failure to pay attention in English.”
“Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2013). “The Last Book in the Universe”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.
“If you get stuck to the committed path then... this wall has to be.. KNOCKED DOWN!!”
“I think it's very important that LGBT narratives are spoken from LGBT perspectives. I think that what I do is important as far as creating a lane for myself to be independent.”
“I connect with people on a daily basis.”
“You can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it.”
“The hand that punched is the hands that gives compassion”
“The pictures do not ask you to help these people, but something much more difficult; to be briefly, intensely aware of their existence, an existence as real and significant as your own.”

Source : Danny Lyon (2009). “Memories of myself: essays”, Phaidon Press

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