#ale

I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#poetry #talent #youth #age

If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#getting #hope #job #notion #palestinians

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. ↗

— John Wooden

#repeat #takes #talent #winning

I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings. ↗

— Joe Wright

#because #called #endings #fairytale #find

I guess I just don't have a talent for it, some women just aren't the marrying kind - or anyway, not the permanent marrying kind, and I'm one of them. ↗

— Jane Wyman

#guess #i #just #kind #marrying

A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the world turns in on itself, as a universe unto itself, in the shape of one human being. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#emotion #expressing #finale #human #human being

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print. ↗

— Marguerite Yourcenar

#bores #family #getting #hand #his

Careful old-timer, your age is showing.” “Hey, I’m only thirty-two. I’m in my prime, woman!” She harrumphed. “Well, I’m a mere twenty-five and you’re way too old for me.” Jay’s eyes smoldered as he whispered, “My experience is your gain. ↗

— Anne Rainey

#cop #erotic-romance #age

Marilynn...passed out black cases to everyone. I opened mine to find an iPad inside. Several candidates whistled. Despite my agitated state, it impressed me too. Maybe wizard school wasn’t going to be as lame as I had thought. “All of your schedules and assignments will be done on these,” Marilynn explained. “The whole school is on these. We’ve had them for awhile now. ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #digital-textbook #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales

The world we live in might not be free from pain, but you have the ability to create for yourself a world free from struggle. ↗

— Sheila Applegate

#divine-love #inspirational #isis #magdalene #meditation