“End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.” WorldEndsEnoughStoriesValuesFoundMy OwnPleasureChangedCreatingOrdinaryHotRingsGrantedSurprisingShowersEnd Of The WorldOrdinary Things Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“Roses by the head, jasmine at the feet so appear the longings that have passed without being satisfied, not one of them granted a night of sensual pleasure, or one of its radiant mornings.” NightPleasureMorningFeetLongingRoseSatisfiedGrantedSensualRadiantJasmineSensual Pleasure Author:C.P. Cavafy
“All our suffering is associated with this pre-occupation. All loss and gain, pleasure and pain arise because we identify so closely with this vague feeling of selfness that we have. We are so emotionally involved with and attached to this "self" that we take it for granted.” SelfFeelingsPainSufferingLossPleasureInvolvedGainsAriseGrantedOccupationVaguePain And Pleasure Author:Francisco Varela
“My mind is in so many different places while we're shooting. Part of it is watching the performance, part of it is watching the camera, and part of it is thinking about the stuff that we have to get that day. It's always a pleasure watching, but you also take it for granted, when you're on the actual grind, making the show.” ThinkingMindDifferentShowsStuffPleasurePerformancesCamerasGrantedShootingGrindDifferent Place Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Our days weave together the simple pleasures of daily life, which we should never take for granted, and the higher pleasures of Art and Thought which we may now taste as we please, with none to forbid or criticise.” ShouldMayArtTogetherSimplePleasureHigherPleaseTasteGrantedDaily LifeCriticiseSimple PleasuresNever Take For Granted Book:Possession: A Romance Source: Possession: A Romance