March 2012
55 posts
“If you cannot find peace within yourself , you will never find it anywhere else.”
—Marvin Gaye
I AM NOBODY
“ALL MY LIFE I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, AND EVERYWHERE I TURNED SOMEONE TRIED TO TELL ME WHAT IT WAS. I ACCEPTED THEIR ANSWERS TOO, THOUGH THEY WERE OFTEN IN CONTRADICTION AND EVEN SELF-CONTRADICTORY. I WAS NAIVE, I WAS LOOKING FOR MYSELF AND ASKING EVERYONE EXCEPT MYSELF QUESTIONS WHICH I, AND ONLY I COULD ANSWER. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME AND MUCH PAINFUL BOOMERANGING OF MY EXPECTATIONS TO ACHIEVE A REALIZATION EVERYONE ELSE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BORN WITH; THAT I AM NOBODY BUT MYSELF.”
- RALPH ELLISON, Battle Royal
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.”
—Audrey Hepburn
