#gin

Writing, painting, singing- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death’s footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives. ↗

— Ally Condie

#inspiring #painting #singing #writing #beauty

We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs. ↗

— John Denver

#call #choices #conscious #heart #i

I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to make it work. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#although #attempted #bringing #cartoon #cartoon characters

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#cry #drunk #hanging #hit #hold

It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me. ↗

— Bo Derek

#am #difficult #discouraging #discovered #expected

In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#dominant #fear #force #in the beginning #motivating

I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road, into darkness; but I know I can't turn back. It isn't right to see Elves now, nor dragons, nor mountains, that I want - I don't rightly know what I want: but I have something to do before the end, and it lies ahead, not in the Shire. I must see it through, sir, if you understand me. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#hobbit #inspirational-attitude #sam-gamgee #samwise-the-brave #the-shire

I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other. ↗

— Laura Dern

#children #dark #desperation #each #i

Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job. ↗

— Laura Dern

#already #between #difference #getting #hollywood

I can't even remember the first time I started singing. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#first #first time #i #remember #singing