I just wanted to do something about the teenage experience; it's such a wonderful and horrible time of life. Amy Heckerling experiencehorriblelife Change image and share on social
Go and experience life the way that someone else might experience it. Maybe you'll find meaning in a different corner of your brain. The fact that it changed doesn't negate the fact that it ever mattered. Angel Olsen brainchangecorner share on social
Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all parents are somehow superior to non-parents. Anne Lamott dangerousdayexperience Change image and share on social
There are people hell-bent on the idea that we're a Christian band in disguise, and that we have some secret message. We have no spiritual affiliation with this music. It's simply about life experience. Amy Lee affiliationbandbend share on social
I think art comes out of meaningful experiences, and it's hard to make art when your meaningful experience is getting into your electric car and driving from your fancy house in the Hills to your fancy job in the Valley. Aisha Tyler artcardrive share on social
I can understand that there are those who can think and imagine the world without words, but I think that once you find the words that name your experience, then suddenly that experience becomes grounded, and you can use it and you can try to understand it. Alberto Manguel experiencefindground share on social
It is a wonderful, moving, heart-filling experience to sit with the man or woman you love and your beloved children and know that all are happy to be just where they are with each other and loving one another. This doesn't happen very often. Amy Bloom belovedchildexperience share on social
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. Alfred North Whitehead aestheticartenjoyment Change image and share on social
I've always believed you go to literature to find the shared human experience, not the categorized human experience. Alice McDermott believecategorizeexperience Change image and share on social
Much of my experience with language was formed in the church, which has an oral tradition. There are lots of repetitions in prayers and song refrains. There's a sense of incantation, that if you call not once and not twice but for a third time, the spirit appears. Alice McDermott appearcallchurch share on social