#m

Noah held my hand and my bag as he escorted me to the third floor - the Women's Pavilion. The elevator bell rang and the doors opened. "Jesus, Echo, circulation in my hand would be a good thing," said Noah. "Sorry." I tried to let go, but Noah kept his fingers linked with mine. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#echo-emerson #funny #katie-mcgarry #love #noah-and-echo

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#colonial #complex #knows #may #philistine

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#empty #into #life #make #out

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#am #any #awaits #aware #book

You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#done #gone #into #need #read

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth. ↗

— Mira Nair

#am #cloth #cut #film-maker #first

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. ↗

— Mira Nair

#dreamed #even #grew #i #i always

I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game. ↗

— Joe Namath

#figured #game #general #i #life

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#demands #human #human race #learn #material

As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment. ↗

— Joe Namath

#coach #comes #commitment #could #everything