"They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women."

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John O'Hara

#Men Quotes #Young Writers Quotes #Theme Quotes

“And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed.”
“If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.”
“It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.”
“When one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent.”
“So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.”
“Across from me at the next row of supports Jim raised his hand and touched his fingers to his thumb a few times, imitating an opening and closing beak. Negotiate. He wanted me to engage a lunatic who had already turned four people into smoking meat. Okay. I could do that. â€œAlright, Jeremy!â€ I yelled into the night. â€œGive me the salamander and I wonâ€™t cut your head off!â€ Jim put his hand over his face and did some shaking. I thought he was laughing, but I couldnâ€™t be sure.”
“The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.”
“The last light, in the last window, went out. Only the unstoppable machine of the sea still tears away at the silence with the cyclical explosion of nocturnal waves, distant memories of sleepwalking storms and the shipwrecks of dream.”

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