Julia Lukashevich > Julia's Quotes

“Originality is being different from oneself, not others.”
― Philip Larkin, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other people to read what I have written, and feel what I felt.”
― Philip Larkin, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“When I see a couple of kids
And guess he's fucking her and she's
Taking pills or wearing a diaphragm,
I know this is paradise

Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives—
Bonds and gestures pushed to one side
Like an outdated combine harvester,
And everyone young going down the long slide”
― Philip Larkin

“I’m not gentlemanly. When I’m gentle, I’m not manly, and when I’m manly, I’m not gentle.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible

“my love
for you
will always be
like a mountain stream.

quiet.
persistent.
continuous.”
― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

“There were two chairs, but there were three of us. So, being the gentleman I am, I got down on the ground on all fours in my chair pose so that then there were three chairs and three of us—with one extra seat to spare. I make love the same way—with more orgasms than people involved.”
― Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

“We can’t be lovers because we both have mustaches. But since you’re a lady, and I’m a gentleman, I’ll shave mine off.”
― Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
― Mark Twain

“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”
― Mother Teresa, A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations – Private Letters Revealing Her Abiding Faith, Wisdom, and Compassion

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”
― Andy Rooney

“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“As girls go through puberty, their hormones will have a direct impact on how their facial features develop. Women with high levels of estrogen will end up with full lips and a large waist-to-hip ratio, while women with lower levels of androgen, the steroid hormones, will keep their short and narrow jaws from childhood, along with their flatter brows—giving them much larger eyes. And—surprise, surprise—this balance of female hormones is also positively linked to fertility.”
― Hannah Fry, The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation

“I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.”
― Charles Bukowski

“having nothing to struggle
against
they have nothing to struggle
for.”
― Charles Bukowski, You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”
― John Cage

“The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.”
― John Cage

“As far as consistency of thought goes, I prefer inconsistency.”
― John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings

“I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.”
― John Cage

“Begin anywhere.”
― John Cage

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

[State of the Union Address January 11 1962]”
― John F. Kennedy