“The only really satisfactory confidante for your troubles is someone who enjoys them, and this inevitably cuts out anyone who actually loves you.” EnjoyCuttingTroubleLove You Book:The Spider-Orchid Source: The Spider-Orchid
“Though negative things have happened to me, God somehow let me know that becoming bitter was not the way to go. You die when you do that. Someone once told me that if you fully open your arms to receive love, you'll get some scratches and cuts on your arms, but a lot of love will come in. If you close your arms, you might never get cut - but the good stuff won't come in either.” CuttingLove YouNegativeLet MeBitter Author:Quincy Jones
“I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films. Whenever I go to have a meeting at Universal, the security guard just leaps to his feet and comes over, bumps my hand, and says, "Thank you! Thank you, I love your films!" And it's people who are kind of at the cutting edge of life and survival, and being near the nitty-gritty, who like my films, and I like that.” PeopleKindFilmAudienceCuttingSecurityLove YouSurvivalMeetingsLeapSaying Thank YouCutting Edge Author:Wes Craven
“Everybody has a ‘gripping stranger’ in their lives, Andy, a stranger who unwittingly possesses a bizarre hold over you. Maybe it’s the kid in cut-offs who mows your lawn or the woman wearing White Shoulders who stamps your book at the library—a stranger who, if you were to come home and find a message from them on your answering machine saying ‘Drop everything. I love you. Come away with me now to Florida,’ you’d follow them.” IfsBookHomeKidsWhiteCuttingLove YouMessagesMachinesLibraryStrangerShouldersOver YouComing HomeFloridaBizarreStampsLawnsGrippingAnswering MachinesWearing White Author:Douglas Coupland