"It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will."

-- Alberto Moravia

#Character Quotes #Free Will Quotes #Form Quotes

“A first fact should surprise us, or rather would surprise us if we were not used to it. How does it happen there are people who do not understand mathematics? If mathematics invokes only the rules of logic, such as are accepted by all normal minds...how does it come about that so many persons are here refractory?”
“I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.”
“The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.”
“The MacGuffin is that thing which is most important to us - that most essential thing. The audience will supply it, each member for himself.”
“New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us until we go away from her, and then we realize why we are restless. At home or away, we are homesick for New York not because New York used to be better and not because she used to be worse but because the city holds us and we don't know why.”

Source : Maeve Brennan (2015). “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker”, p.79, Counterpoint
“In Mexico, everything on the menu is the same dish. The only difference is the way it's folded.”
“My objective always is to stay as close as possible and shoot the pictures as if through the eyes of the infantryman, the Marine, or the pilot. I wanted to give the reader something of the visual perspective and feeling of the guy under fire, his apprehensions and sufferings, his tensions and releases, his behavior in the presence of threatening death.”
“Like countless first-year medical students, immersed in the symptoms of one disease after another, I am alert to the tingles and pangs, the throbs and quivers of my mortal body, each one of which is potentially a sign of the end.”

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