Glen Hansard // "If you’re feeling it, then go for it all the way. If you’re not feeling it, then give it what you can. I think the only thing that’s required of you is to be present, and sometimes that means that you might be a bit angry, or it might be a bit intense. And other times, it might be really mellow. Sometimes it’s hard to know what exactly is required of you, so you have to just go with what you’re feeling. And that’s something I’m kind of learning more and more."
bell hooks // "Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as means of escape."
Jane Goodall // "There’s still a lot worth fighting for."
Albert Camus // "Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park... It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself... That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be."
James Baldwin // "The role of the artist is exactly the same role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of things you don’t see."
Albert Camus // "Gently, gently make room for happiness at last."
David Lynch // "People say you gotta have anger, that you gotta have an edge to create. You gotta know about anger. But you’ve gotta have energy. You’ve gotta have clarity to create. You gotta be able to catch ideas. You gotta be able to be strong enough to fight unbelievable pressure & stress in this world."
Frida Kahlo // "Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away."
Charles Bukowski // "I was laying in bed one night and I thought, 'I’ll just quit. To hell with it.' And another little voice inside me said 'Don’t quit. Save that tiny little ember of spark. And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again.'"
Bob Dylan // "Destiny is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you’re about will come true."
Mahmoud Darwish // "Drink your coffee, embrace the silence, do not take people seriously, do not take life upon yourself, do not exaggerate your emotions, and do not please anyone against your will."
Patti Smith // "We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves."