So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days, you can hear their chorus rushing past: IwasabeautifulgirlPleasedon’tgoItoobelievemybodyismadeofglass-I’veneverlovedanyoneIthinkofmyselfasfunnyForgiveme….There was a time when it wasn’t uncommon to use...
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Nicole Krauss
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Epictetus
Prayer is based on the remote possibility that someone is actually listening; but so is a lot of conversation. If the former seems far-fetched, consider the latter: even if someone is listening to your story, and really hearing, that person will disappear from existence in...
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Jennifer Michael Hecht
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.
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Henry David Thoreau
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.
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Doug Larson
More Quotes By Miles Davis
I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.
The very first thing I remember in my early childhood is a flame, a blue flame jumping off a gas stove somebody lit.. I remember being shocked by the whoosh of the blue flame jumping off the burner, the suddenness of it.. I saw that...
It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note — it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
