Reflection : (507)

" When we look at the flowers, we suddenly forget so many important things. We forget that all flowers die. We forget that winter will come again. We forget that nothing really endures and that, like the flowers that die at the end of the growing season, we’ll join them in the cold ground. " - Jonathan Maberry

" Critics who do the weekly recap, I find that kind of absurd. That’s like reviewing chapters in a novel. " - Terence Winter

" I’m still very critical of myself in film. " - Annette Bening

" I think I was on this very straightforward escalator – grammar school, high school, college, get a job on Wall Street, kind of everything leads to the next thing. But at what point do you get to step back and say, ‘I’d like to take a broader view of my time on this planet?’ " - Tom Steyer

" I think, like, Twitter is somewhat difficult sometimes, and it can be kind of negative. " - Chrissy Teigen

" Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be. " - Elizabeth Fishel

" After 9/11, the U.S. seemed vulnerable for the first time in a long time. We were no longer the superpower that no other country could touch. I thought, ‘When and how did that dominance begin?’ " - Jennifer Egan

" The so-called modern conveniences may, in fact, be extremely inconvenient – everything seems to exist as a distraction from any sort of deeper thought or contemplation. " - Michael Finkel

" If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn’t mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn’t worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work. " - Ian Hamilton Finlay

" ‘Masquerade’ is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny’s Child, winning all those Grammy Awards, but you do not know what is going on inside me. " - Wyclef Jean