"Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered."

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Source : Daniel Woodrell (2012). “Winter's Bone”, p.8, Hachette UK

Daniel Woodrell

“We've practiced loving long enough, let's come at last to hate.”

Source : "Foreign Quarterly Review", translation by Thackeray, April 1843.
“I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.”
“People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.”
“True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.”
“I think there is nothing sexier than a handlebar moustache.”
“Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.”
“I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up.”
“Perhaps itâ€™s when you come to the realization that the point of life isnâ€™t to be rich, or secure, or even to be loved - to be any of the things that people usually think is the point. The point of life is to live as deeply as possible, to experience fully. And that can be done in so many ways.”

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