Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes heartbeat lie sorrow
Nothing I had written before 'Mary Poppins' had anything to do with children, and I have always assumed, when I thought about it at all, that she had come out of the same wall of nothingness as the poetry, myth and legend that had absorbed me all my writing life. P. L. Travers absorbassumechild share on social
You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself. P. L. Travers talkwillwork Change image and share on social
I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it. P. L. Travers angelconquerend Change image and share on social
Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us. Freya Stark debteffectfear Change image and share on social
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going. Ashwin Sanghi adrenalineconcealhistory Change image and share on social
Studies show when people yell, they get themselves even angrier. Interesting factoid: If you and/or your partner's heartbeat becomes higher than 100 beats per minute during an argument, you will not be able to fully understand/process what the other is saying. Karen Salmansohn angryargumentbeat share on social
