"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."

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Source : David Leavitt (2013). “The Stories of David Leavitt”, p.4, A&C Black

David Leavitt

#Smell Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Brownies Quotes

“Everything that you do or say that raises the self-esteem of another raises yours as well.”
“You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world.”
“That's how you win - pitching and defense.”
“If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels.”
“The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.”
“It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich.”
“He is a great enough magician to tap our most common nightmares, daydreams and twilight fancies, but he never invented them either: he found them a place to live, a green alternative to each day's madness here in a poisoned world. We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.”
“What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.”

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