During a recital in Berlin, Andrés Segovia's guitar was heard to emit a loud cracking sound. Segovia rushed offstage and, cradling his instrument, kept repeating, "My guitar, my guitar." It was soon learned that the man who had built the guitar had died in Madrid at the exact moment in the concert that Segovia's guitar had split. —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If my life were not a dangerous, painful experiment, if I did not constantly skirt the abyss and feel the void under my feet, my life would have no meaning and I would not have been able to write anything. —Hermann Hesse More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes, you'll know you're dead. —Tennessee Williams More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No matter what you're feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it. If you think you're stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It's a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must be the first one to shine the light of compassion on any areas within you that you feel are unacceptable. —Christiane Northrup More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why is it that people who cannot show feeling presume that that is a strength and not a weakness? —May Sarton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He . . . treats his emotions like mice that infest our basement or the rats in the garage, as vermin to be crushed in traps or poisoned with bait. —Marge Piercy More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One loses the capacity to grieve as a child grieves, or to rage as a child rages: hotly, despairingly, with tears of passion. One grows up, one becomes civilized, one learns one's manners, and consequently can no longer manage these two functions — sorrow and anger — adequately. —Anita Brookner More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Depressed? Of course we're all depressed. We've been so quickly, violently, and irreconcilably plucked from nature, from physical labor, from kinship and village mentality, from every natural and primordial antidepressant. The further society "progresses," the grander the scale of imbalance. Just as fluoride is put in water to prevent dental cavities, we'll soon find government mandating Prozac in our water to prevent mental cavities. —M. Robin D'Antan More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes: "No hablo inglés. —Ronnie Shakes More about this quote Tags: humor language psychology therapy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. —Jane Austen More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. —J. Paul Getty More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money. —Horace More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil. —Henry Fielding More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last. —Evan Esar More about this quote Tags: money Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email