Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.
—Rumi
Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.
—Rumi
I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.
—Rumi
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery-celebrate what Jean-Luc Godard said: ‘It’s not where you take things from-it’s where you take them to.
—Jim Jarmusch
When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.
—Eleven Minutes, Paulo Coelho
What I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is a dandelion in the spring, the bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction, the promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.
—Katniss, in Suzanne Collin’s Mockingjay
I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered—and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.
—The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.
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The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.
—Jane Smiley
Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.
—Gary Synder
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
—Brian Dyson
