Charles E. Montague's quote about taking joy in the momement — — — #CharlesEMontague #quote #quotes #attitude #power #delight #glee #enjoy #children #artists #enjoy #elasticity

David Foster Wallace quote — — — #DavidFosterWallace #quote #quotes #think #thinking #arrogant #humble #right #wrong #modest #egocentric

Beatriz Williams quote — — — #BeatrizWilliams #quote #quotes #home #scent #aura #essence #house #substance #characteristics

Ben Folds on the amazing usefulness and talent of creatives — — — # #quote #quotes #sculptors #architects #painters #producers #comedians #artists #contributions #applaus #thanks #amazing

"I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived." — Margaret Mitchell — — — #MargaretMitchell #quote #quotes #broken #repair #mended #whole #pieces #fragments

"Beneath this warm flesh beats the heart of a compassionate man, one who's fought his whole life to fulfill his people's dream. Just because you feel the need to lean on someone, to accept someone else's strength for a little while doesn't make you weak." — Kylie Griffin — — — #KylieGriffin #quote #quotes #support #strength #weak #weakness #help #assistance

"What the pupil must learn, if he learns anything at all, is that the world will do most of the work for you, provided you cooperate with it by identifying how it really works and aligning with those realities. If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson." — Joseph Tussman — — — #JosephTussman #quote #quotes #pupil #world #synchronicity #cooperation #reality #reach #learn

"All I understand for sure is that people have a very strong need to explain the world in ways that make them feel better, or safer, or more powerful, or more well liked, or more in control, but not necessarily in ways that are true." — Nathan Hill — — — #NathanHill #quote #quotes #perspective #needy #power #safety #explain #true #false

"What kind of person actually sits down and decides that no one should be allowed to end a sentence with a preposition? Not even decide what ideas you should or shouldn't talk about, but to actually make rules about what order to put your words in ... It's such an amazing kind of petty tyranny." — Jonathan Blum — — — #JonathanBlum #quote #quotes #grammar #quip #petty #tyranny #writing #humor #funny

"People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?" — David Rakoff — — — #DavidRakoff #quote #quotes #trying #forgiveness #mercy #mistakes