#aw

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#bird #dark #dawn #feels #light

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#come #dawn #death #lamp #light

Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#impulse #law #love #love is #mere

Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that. ↗

— Gay Talese

#another day #better #chance #close #come

People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week. ↗

— Gay Talese

#alimony #better #court #deal #different

The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#else #emmy #ensemble #everyone #howling

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. ↗

— Amy Tan

#carvings #did #down #face #i

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes. ↗

— Amy Tan

#different #displaced #eyes #fresh #get

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away. ↗

— Amy Tan

#had #i #novel #second #seven

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer. ↗

— Amy Tan

#draw #hours #i #i do #just