Thextraordinarionly Quotes & Sayings

Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body. — Klaus Schulze

I would do anything I could to try to make sure that Lena Headey wins an Emmy. — Alex Graves

I, too, am among those unable to step outside the realm of worldly distinctions. I hide my excesses of joy and sorrow beneath a robe of false contentment and drown in a pool of tears unseen by others. How I envy those naive enough to covet the glory of others. Do they not realize that tears fall not only on the sleeves of worn and tattered kimonos? The jewels that spill, glittering, onto my brocade are the very water of life, but they are mistaken for mere ornament. Although no one notices, my heart is shattered into a thousand pieces. — Shikin Shimizu

You can't get to no better days Unless you make it through the night — Dianne Reeves

Evening was her special time of day. She gave the world three syllables and indeed I think she liked it so well for its tendency to smooth, to soften. She seemed to dislike the disequilibrium of counterpoising a roomful of light against a worldful of darkness. Sylvie in a house was more or less like a mermaid in a ship's cabin. She preferred it sunk in the very element it was meant to exclude. — Marilynne Robinson

My dream is to one day just be me and my guitar. I'm working myself to the core. Who am I, underneath everything else? I'm still on that journey, to find that core. — Lykke Li

That feeling of hopelessness and racism has been looming over Detroit ever since I was a kid. — Robert Hood

Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous. — Alexandra Fuller

You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself. — Iyanla Vanzant