John Mather Quotes & Sayings

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use. — Steve Lacy

Keep your heart close, dear Nathaniel, for nothing will bring you comfort should you leave it with another — Freedom Matthews

Jesus, I wondered, what do you do with pain so bad it has no redeeming value? It cannot even be alchemized into art, into words, into something you can chalk up to an interesting experience because the pain itself, its intensity, is so great that it has woven itself into your system so deeply that there is no way to objectify or push it outside or find its beauty within. That is the pain I'm feeling now. It's so bad, it's useless. The only lesson I will ever derive from this pain is how bad pain can be. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

There was no one for you to impress and no one for you to offend. You were right there and I was afraid of how real you were, which made me question my own level of authenticity. I'd take off my clothes on the beach or spill my guts to a girl I'd never met on the bus, thinking I was uncensored and open, but I wasn't always real if I wanted someone to like me. I gravitated to those who withheld or told me who they thought I was. — Mary-Louise Parker

Memory shimmers as a crystal lake
that reflects all things invisible. — Harley King

When I was young, I was a hunter, walking wooded hillsides with confident steps and a gun in my hand. I knew the blur of wings, the rocketing form, and the Great Moment that only hunters know, when all existence draws down to two points and a single line. And the universe holds it breath. And what may be and what will be meet and become one - before the echo returns to its source. — Pete Dunne

If a religion cannot help a human wherever he or she stands, it is not of much use. — Abhijit Naskar

I can't explain why one wants to pass a particular sort of pain onto other people, but you do. — Alexis Korner

Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work. — Paulo Coelho

When one does not see what one does not see, one does not even see that one is blind. - Paul Veyne — Daniel Quinn

He wasn't constituted to hate himself subjectively, but he did hate the object he was in the world. — Jonathan Franzen

But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age. — Malcolm Boyd

Rivers, water streams, water falls, water lakes, seas and oceans confirm Your creativity. — Euginia Herlihy

Contrary to our metaphors, humans are much more imitative than the other apes. For example: if chimps watch a demonstration on how to get food out of a puzzle box, they, in their turn, skip any unnecessary steps, go straight to the treat. Human children overimitate, reproducing each step regardless of its necessity. There is some reason why, now that it's our behavior, being slavishly imitative is superior to being thoughtful and efficient, but I forget exactly what that reason is. — Karen Joy Fowler