Blood Quote by J. R. R. Tolkien

“Sometimes I have the feeling that what takes place is identical to what doesn't take place, what we dismiss or allow to slip by…

— Javier Marías

“Always trust yourself and your own feeling, as opposed to argumentations, discussions, or introductions of that sort; if it turns out that you are…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“My ideas and judgment proceed only gropingly, faltering, tripping, and stumbling; and when I have gone as far as I can, I am still…

— Montaigne

“Of whom and of what can I say: "I know that"! This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists.…

— Albert Camus

“Often, people build stories in their mind which have no basis in the contours of reality. Those which build these images, are building such…

— Will Barnes

“Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this because it is the key to making art,…

— Ann Patchett

“If I make much of anything appointed, magnify it secretly to myself or insidiously to others; if I let them think it “hard,” if…

— Amy Carmichael

“On Stripping Bark from Myself (for Jane, who said trees die from it) Because women are expected to keep silent about their close escapes…

— Alice Walker

“I cannot so abstract myself from myself as to judge myself … ; another has an impartial judgement; through him I correct, complete, extend…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

“Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices,…

— Heraclitus

“You begin to suspect, as you gaze through this you-shaped hole of insight and fire, that though it is the most important thing you…

— Samuel R. Delany

Throw away my book: you must understand that it represents only one of a thousand attitudes. You must find your own. If someone else…

— Andre Gide