"Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction"

-- David Mitchell

#Fiction Quotes

“If the work is the horse, a career makes a great cart.”
“Some people have described Daoism as pantheist, and although there's something in me that resists this designation, I can see that Daoism is consistent with pantheism. If there is any way in which pantheism makes sense and is not redundant, then it is the way (or 'the Way') presented in Daoism.”
“I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.”
“I believe things will work out for us if we just believe in ourselves.”
“I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.”
“A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.”

Source : Fisher Ames (1809). “Works of Fisher Ames, compiled by a number of his friends”, p.24
“It's just as hard for man to break the habit of thinking of himself as central to the species as it was to break the habit of thinking of himself as central to the universe. He sees himself quite unconsciously as the main line of evolution, with a female satellite revolving around him as the moon revolves around the earth. This not only causes him to overlook valuable clues to our ancestry, but sometimes leads him into making statements that are arrant and demonstrable nonsense.”
“A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash! There goes Grand Central Station. Crushed by a train.”

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