“Pain happens, but suffering is optional. When pain comes, make use of the experience, but do not wallow in it. When you accidentally place your finger in a flame, it is supposed to hurt just long enough for you to pull it out. If you think there is value in keeping it there, you will be a crispy critter. Pain is a minor element of life, unless you are indulging it. Then it becomes suffering. Get the message and then get on with your life, which is far more about joy than sorrow.” IfsThinkingLongEnoughUseHappensPainJoySufferingValuesHurtSorrowElementsMessagesFingersFlamesMinorsOptionalCrittersElements Of Life Author:Alan Cohen
“To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying on that... there is some sort of inspiration there and you can't always put your finger on where it comes from. So, it's always been important for me to have my own thing and, even though I'm inspired by and influenced by many different musicians and styles of music, I was very determined early on to have my own thing. So when I sit down to write I don't necessarily have a particular narrative or message in mind. I'm interested in language and in words.” KnowsWritingMindImportantDifferentInspirationLanguageProcessMy OwnCreativeStyleParticularMessagesMusicianFingersInspiredDeterminedNarrativeSongwritingCreative ProcessIntriguingThought ProcessCreative Thought Author:Page Hamilton
“I can't blame anyone for being pessimistic when they look around, after all the blood spilled and energy spent to gain ground for working people in the past, and see it all happening again. I wasn't pointing a finger when I wrote the book, but sometimes the message is there even when you aren't actively trying to be the messenger.” PeopleTryingLooksI CanBookSometimesPastEnergyBloodMessagesHappeningsGainsBlameFingersPointingPessimisticMessengersHappening AgainPeople From The Past Author:James Vance
“At that moment of realization (that union with God is always present), that's when God let me go, let me slide through His fingers with this last compassionate, unspoken message: You may return here once you have fully come to understand that you are always here.” MayMomentsLastsSpiritualityReturnMessagesLet MeUnionsFingersRealizationThat MomentCompassionateSlidesUnspokenLet Me Go Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his heart. Hear me. I love you. And I'm sorry to leave you.” HeartLove YouArmsSadMessagesFingersSorryI'm Sorry Book:Before I Die Source: Before I Die
“Who taught you to write in blood on my back? Who taught you to use your hands as branding irons? You have scored your name into my shoulders, referenced me with your mark. The pads of your fingers have become printing blocks, you tap a message on to my skin, tap meaning into my body. Your morse code interferes with my heart beat. I had a steady heart before I met you, I relied upon it, it had seen active service and grown strong. Now you alter its pace with your own rhythm, you play upon me, drumming me taut.” WritingHeartPlayUseBodyHandsNamesStrongBloodTaughtMy HeartMetsMessagesBeatsSkinsMarkFingersActiveShouldersBlockRhythmCodeIronPaceSteadyBrandingInterferePrintingPadsHeart BeatDrummingMorse CodeBefore I Met You Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen” IfsWayLooksChildrenLittlesRealUseKidsLastsCan DoChanceWatchesClearSacrificeMessagesMercyFingersLiftsYour ChildrenRebellionSurvivingRemindingThirteenCapitolHunger Games BookCapitol In Hunger GamesDistrict 12 Book:The Hunger Games Source: The Hunger Games