Shailaja Menon Quotes & Sayings

The purpose of the world is for youto be lost in it, ultimately. The purpose of the world is for you to suffer, to create the suffering that seems to be what is needed for the awakening to happen. — Eckhart Tolle

I do not see the value of separating humans into a body, soul and spirit. We don't do this with any other mammals, so why do we do it with ourselves? Thinking and fresh ideas arise naturally from the rhythm of one's internal felt-sense. It is the process artists demonstrate to humanity - to express our individuality in real-time, as a living process, rather than a "copied" idea. — Christopher Zzenn Loren

There are only so many ways to experience pain. There are an almost limitless number of ways to inflict it, but the pain itself, initially vividly distinct in all its specifications, becomes, inevitably, just pain. — China Mieville

Hollywood has turned into an emotional Detroit. — Lillian Gish

My best friend was Aboriginal. — Isabel Lucas

I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development. — Nia Long

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die. — Hubert Selby Jr.

There's definitely a magical quality to writing that can't be explained. I can write something I love in two days, or I can work on a story every day for months and it never comes together. — Mary J. Miller

Thank you people that are laughing with your hand away from your mouth. That joke is clearly not for everyone, but I enjoy watching people that don't laugh make the people that do laugh feel shitty about themselves. — Daniel Tosh