#vent

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#artist #invention #world #art

Peter was not quite like other boys; but he was afraid at last. A tremour ran through him, like a shudder passing over the sea; but on the sea one shudder follows another till there are hundreds of them, and Peter felt just the one. Next moment he was standing erect on the rock again, with that smile on his face and a drum beating within him. It was saying, "To die will be an awfully big adventure. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#death #death

I've never been a fan of presidents who place blame on their predecessors or who accept credit for events that couldn't have been engineered so soon in their tenure. ↗

— Kathleen Parker

#been #blame #credit #engineered #events

Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in there jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you're off on a journy of exploration and discovery. ↗

— David Almond

#advice #book #books #covers #discovery

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#afraid #behind #doors #feel #i

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#belongs #country #developing #era #iraq

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#detect #only #prevent #respond #the only thing

Love can give you such happiness, then can break the very heart it filled, leaving a hole that can never be fixed or protected by any armour. ↗

— Kevin McLeod

#friendship #heartbreak #lost-love #love #viking

La vie est une aventure audacieuse ou alors elle n'est rien. ↗

— Helen Keller

#inspiration #vie #inspirational

What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became. ↗

— Richard Russo

#inspirational #inspirational