#ill

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten." He looked sideways at Tessa. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clare #poison #the-infernal-devices #will #death

History develops, art stands still. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#develops #history #stands #still

Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom the gods loved. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#anybody #belong #boy #genius #go

I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#come #commission #i #know #new

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#love #making #music #own #really

I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road. ↗

— Tatyana Ali

#college #college experience #even #experience #five

The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#dreams

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#before #believe #darkest #dawn #must

Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#another #business #community #cubs #did

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ↗

— Mark Twain

#astonish #gratify #people #rest #right