James Keller Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: ‘It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity. – James Keller Adversity Quotes Bear Quotes Carved Quotes Cell Quotes Condemned Quotes Impatience Quotes Imprisonment Quotes Kills Quotes London Quotes Prisoner Quotes Sentiment Quotes Spirits Quotes Tower Quotes Wall Quotes A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Joachim Low For me, it is utterly incomprehensible how people share their private life, from truly confidential and intimate things, indiscriminately with thousands or even millions of people. – Joachim Low
Rachel Kushner Citizenship and ethnicity can become, in certain contexts, restrictive, and perhaps that’s one reason I was interested in people who feel compelled to mask their origins and thereby circumvent the restrictions. – Rachel Kushner
Andrew Dice ClayCar I lived in Beverly Hills for years. I always had a line, ‘I hate the rich.’ From what I witnessed after living there for 15 years, these people just don’t raise their kids. I used to see the lineup of cars in front of the schools and it was all the nannies. – Andrew Dice Clay
Lee Hye-ri Honestly, I thought I had a lot of similarities to Lee Dam, but when I looked closely, we were actually quite different. There were some things I didn’t know about younger people these days. – Lee Hye-ri
Audre Lorde You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they’re constantly repairing it. It’s as if they live in both elements. – Audre Lorde
Caroline Leavitt I always write about the things that haunt me, the questions I have. – Caroline Leavitt
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