#suddenly

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#began #building #finished #house #know

We all want what's been suddenly disallowed. ↗

— Charles Olson

#suddenly #want

Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#anything #best #bullies #completely #devil

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. ↗

— Prince

#hip #mtv #one time #outdated #suddenly

It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#becomes #dignity #family #felt #forget

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act? ↗

— Andrei Platonov

#away #carried #get #left #suddenly

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#flow #going #going with the flow #just #mom

In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun. ↗

— Susanna Hoffs

#control #dance #expression #felt #free

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever. ↗

— Paul Auster

#change #everything #forever #moment #suddenly

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. ↗

— Benjamin Britten

#composer #having #idea #night #nighttime