Mussard Piano Quotes & Sayings

Dividing earth and sky
is not the right way
to think about this wholeness.
It only allows one to live
at a more precise address--
were I to be searched for
I'd be found much faster.
My distinguishing marks
are rapture and despair.


From 'Sky', in the collection 'Miracle Fair — Wislawa Szymborska

Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence. — Leon Bloy

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues. — Lee Iacocca

Credit is a young man's capital. — Oscar Wilde

You want to know, companions of my youth,
How much has changed the wild but shy young poet
Forever writing last poem after last poem;
You hear he's dark as earth, barefoot,
A turban round his head, a bolo at his side,
His ballpen blown up to a long-barreled gun:
Deeper still the struggling change inside. — Emmanuel F. Lacaba

About last night, I told Drew to keep his hands off you."
"Why would you do that?"
"Because everyone talks shit about you because of it. But its not my business, so I'm sorry."
"And he agreed?"
"Not without persuasion."
"What kind of methods do you have that would work on drew?"
"I lied. I told him you were mine."
( ... )
"Just so you know, you didn't lie. — Katja Millay

The great task of our time is to build a global society, where people can live together in peace — Karen Armstrong

I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy. — Mickey Rourke

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined. — Heston Blumenthal

I have a lot of friends who were stand-ups, and they just stopped after a while, because they didn't like that battle, or they just couldn't do it. And then they would get on a sitcom and get visible and get back into it, because the audience was just way easier on them. But they lost those crucial years of learning to turn any audience into your audience. — Patton Oswalt

Everything's a fan. Brother, open up your arms. God is the pivot. — Federico Garcia Lorca