"It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!"

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Mark Ravenhill

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“People hear your records in order, and they think of you as progressing in some direction, but it's not really like that.”

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“I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that you should take of yourself and of all events is: what a glorious circus train this has been, and what a wonderful messy parade, and all of those steps took me here, where I precisely need to be now, so God bless it.”
“I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.”
“I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.”
“If you don't love me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best.”
“Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity.”
“Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.”
“Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.”

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