Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. – Edith Wharton
One must always maintain ones connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. – Gaston Bachelard
I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other gentleman stuff is a chess game, especially these days. – Anna Kendrick
I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident – it doesnt matter to me. I think theres a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous. – Alanis Morissette
Weve got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because thats easier. Its much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it. – Emma Thompson
