Squenchy Quotes & Sayings

The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him ... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create
so that
without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating. — Pearl S. Buck

When today's race is over, it's over. The only race that matters is the one coming up. — Harry Gant

I can't really connect with things unless they are spiritual in nature, so I have to make acting spiritual for myself, and each role a spiritual journey for me. — Lynn Collins

I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way. — Khloe Kardashian

You may face many troubles. But the Lord will deliver you from each one. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life reflects, life resounds, life echoes whatsoever you throw at life. — Rajneesh

I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women? — Anton Chekhov

My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train. — William Godwin

Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation. — Mason Cooley

We all spend our twenties and thirties trying so hard to be perfect, because we're so worried about what people will think of us. Then we get into our forties and fifties, and we finally start to be free, because we decide that we don't give a damn what anyone thinks of us. But you won't be completely free until you reach your sixties and seventies, when you finally realize this liberating truth - nobody was ever thinking about you, anyhow." They — Elizabeth Gilbert

I've worn a suit and tie for most of my life. And I believe (for me), it makes me more confident navigating the world. — Tim Gunn

It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir — Khaled Hosseini

Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice. — Ricky Williams

Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for the painter. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin