“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.”
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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.”
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“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
― Holy Bible: New International Version
― Holy Bible: New International Version
“I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
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“When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.”
― Naruto, Vol. 21: Pursuit
― Naruto, Vol. 21: Pursuit
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