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“When a philosopher, scientist, or psychologist discusses the discrepancy between the actual and the ideal, he or she attempts to convince us with the tools of discursive thought ... An artist does it differently ... their primary approach is different, even though both groups, if you will, are investigating the actual, the ideal, and the discrepancy in between.”
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“A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.”
Source : Alexander Smith (2012). “Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.58, tredition
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“Voodoo doll belong in the house of voodoo.”
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“You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at the last minute you tried to see them off into life and hoped that the little piece of time you’d given them was enough to prevent them from one day feeling lonely and afraid and hopeless. You wouldn’t know the outcome for a long time.”
Source : Meg Wolitzer (2008). “The Ten-Year Nap”, p.375, Penguin
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“He was not used to the smell of dragon breath, which is best described as a combination of the stench of burning rubber and the stink of old socks, with overtones of a hamster cage in dire need of a cleaning.”
Source : Angie Sage (2012). “Physik: Septimus Heap”, p.149, A&C Black
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“In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.”
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“As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's a positive.”
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“I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.”
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“If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.”
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“The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy”
Source : Thomas Bulfinch (2013). “Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable”, p.164, Lulu Press, Inc
