quotes about Cuban Missile Crisis

“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”

“Ordinarily my mom just sunk deeper into her corner of the couch and ignored it. She had succesfully ignored a quarter of a century of entropy and decay, had sat peacefully crunching popcorn and drinking soda while the house fell down around us. If I had to guess the number of books she read during that time, I would place the number at somewhere in the neighborhood of forty thousand.”

Source : Haven Kimmel (2002). “A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana”, p.163, Broadway Books

“If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness.”

“There are times when people that you put in those positions make mistakes, they disappoint you, you lose their - you lose your confidence in them, or they lie to you. And when you find that out, the test of leadership is what do you do.”

“Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee.”

“I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.”

Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.244, A&C Black

“I had a long distance relationship going while we were writing the album so a lot of it is about that constant struggle— you look up at the moon and wonder if that person is looking at it too. I was trying to write love songs that weren’t sappy Ben Affleck movie songs, but kind of a … man’s love songs”

“You can't truly hate someone you've loved. You can only hurt.”

“Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.”

“I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.”