"To his surprise he also discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something, whether painting or poetry, that you cared about a great deal."

-- Richard Russo

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“Therefore the love which us doth bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.”

Source : 'The Definition of Love' (1681)
“America is a business. If you can't afford to do something, no matter how much bellyaching everybody does I'm so sorry, if you can't afford it, you shouldn't do it.”
“Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.”
“A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into.”
“I want to feel my life while I'm in it.”
“Observermanship is the art of giving the impression that you are with it even though you don't know Latin very well.”

Source : Robert McAfee Brown (1964). “Observer in Rome”
“As far as I'm concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn't know how to integrate that.”
“I'd much rather resign than be pushed.”

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