489 quotes found
Singer-songwriter · English · 1988
English singer-songwriter (born 1988)
“were all a grab bag of good and eveil, and by and large cant tell which is which”
“The fear of what might happen stops people but the trauma process is so beautiful and transformational. There is nothing to fear in our emotions, they will not swallow you whole - they will speak t...”
“It may be that we have lost our ability to hold a blazing coal, to move unfettered through time, to walk on water, because we have been taught that such things have to be earned; we should deserve ...”
“Are we allowing individuals to develop their talents with our current teaching methods? Is there more or maybe less we should be doing?”
“When teaching children with autism we must be quick to adapt, follow our instinct and go off plan.”
“We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.”
“At the end of the day, he continued, although many believe in fate, its those who go through life with independent thought alone who are the strongest.”
“When I get this feeling, this compulsion, I always do what it tells me. I can't explain where it comes from or how I get it, and it doesn't happen very often. But I obey it. And this afternoon I ha...”
“For an artist is not a consumer, as our commercials urge us to be. An artist is a nourisher and a creator who knows that during the act of creation there is collaboration. We do not create alone.”
“I Name you Echthroi. I Name you Meg.I Name you Calvin.I Name you Mr. Jenkins.I Name you Proginoskes.I fill you with Naming.Be!Be, butterfly and behemoth,be galaxy and grasshopper,star and sparrow,y...”
“Meg looked. The dark shadow was still there. It had not lessened or dispersed with the coming of night. And where the shadow was, the stars were not visible.What could there be about a shadow that ...”
“When trouble arise among faraway people, we remain tempted to hide behind the principle of national sovereignty, to "mind our own business" when it is convenient, and to think of democracy as a sui...”
“A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.”
“Emily looked over at Courtney. He was still asleep. For a long time she had thought that if you loved anyone you had to tell him everything: go to him and confess as in the dream; there could be no...”
“Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.”
“One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.”
“Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.”
“Do you think things always have an explanation? "Yes. I believe that they do. But I think that with our human limitations we're not always able to understand the explanations. But you see, Meg, jus...”
“Listen, she said, "cherubim have come to my planet before.""I know that. Where do you think I got my information?""What do you know about us?""I have heard that your host planet is shadowed, that i...”
“She needs to make one phone call, and she wishes she could make it into her past. Into last year. Or two years ago.”