All Quotes By Tag: Inspiration

“I’m sure it is,” she replied. Her expression turned fierce, making her look far different from the scattered teacher I knew. “But listen to me when I say this. You are exceptional, taleneted, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you’re less. Do not ever let anyone make you feel invisible. Do not let anyone-not even a teacher who constantly sends you for coffee-push you around.” She put her glasses back on and began randomly lifting up pieces of papers. At last, she found a pen and grinned triumphantly.”Now, then. What is your brother’s name?”

“Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever – which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes.”

“Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come.”

“So consider your options, make your choice and call me home.”

“How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn’t love it. The minute they arrive at the train station or get off the ferry and glimpse the wide streets and the wasteful lamps lighting them, they know they are born for it. There, in a city, they are not so much new as themselves: their stronger, riskier selves.”

“One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.”

“He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.”

“Stay true to yourself and listen to your inner voice. It will lead you to your dream.”

“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

“blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born.”

“Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.”

“Don’t you know no one can escapethe power of creatures reaching outwith breath alone?”

“Boredom is the fear of self.”

“Inspiration is what keeps us well.”

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.”