"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are."
-Captain Corelli's Mandolin
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."
-George Eliot
"My stories run up and bite me in the leg -- I respond by writing them down - everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off."
"This is what life is all about. Friends and family. Eating ice cream. Caring about each other. Because one day you're gone. "
-Francis Rodino
"Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of."
-Howard Schultz
"That experience, connecting with a stranger and falling recklessly in love is one of life's greatest joys. And now that you're married, you'll never experience it again. It's the price you pay for everlasting love. A small price, but I hope it stings a little."
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"Science has shown that music really can kill pain, reduce stress, better your brain and basically change how you experience life."
-Live Science, October 2008
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