Eggleston Quotes

Sometimes we don't understand and all we can do is try to make it better.

I think that's what they call an adventure. You know, when you don't know what lies around the corner, but you think it might be fun.

There was nothing inherently special about it, but that's what made the whole thing so memorable.

I felt betrayed and deceived, and I feared I’d never get to be a William Eggleston character.

The world is full of men who ought never to shave their upper lip, and Blair Eggleston was one of them. Coming out into the open, as it were, like this, he had revealed himself the possessor of a not very good mouth. A peevish mouth. The sort of mouth that bred doubts in a girl.

She is strong although not in body in other ways greater than us.

The limits that exist in life are the ones we place on ourselves

I believe in loving people even if they'll never love you properly back.

I needed you so badly in my life. I couldn't ever risk not having you, so I sacrificed having the real you.

I'd sit beside him at the white table, and together we would stare into the photographs of Walker Evans, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, and Diane Arbus. "This is all America," Greenland would say, whispering excitedly in a rare display of respect for decorum. "We need a car, Corn Dog. We have to go out there and see some of this stuff and some of these people. This is where all your music comes from.

The compulsion to daydream was irresistible and a source of great comfort to Laila as it to anyone who feels like they don't fit in.

Crying is thought to be weak, but I think those who cry openly are the very bravest of all.

Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” - The Buddha The Occult (Hidden) Teachings   The teachings and knowledge that appear hidden are