Lovemaker Betty Quotes & Sayings

It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well. — Jackson Pollock

To be a naturalist is better than to be a king. — William Beebe

A burning map. Every epic, my friend Jack used to say, should start with a burning map. Like in the movies. Fucking flames burning the world away; that's the best thing about all those old films, he said
when you see this old parchment map just ... getting darker and darker in the centre, crisping, crinkling until suddenly it just ... fwoom. — Hal Duncan

Why do I run? It's the best form of exercise. It's totally the core of being in shape. I really feel so good - anytime after the first mile. You start fantasying. You start thinking about things. — Tate Donovan

Our suppressing who we are to fit in is exhausting. It kills flow and creativity. It also prevents genuine connection with others. — Henna Inam

If you find yourself criticizing other people, you're probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. if they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement. Watch yourself. Of all the manifestations of Resistance, most only harm ourselves. Criticism and cruelty harm others as well. — Stephen Pressfield

I will keep my word. My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it. — Ted Cruz

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like. — Madeleine L'Engle