"I think it's a bit like coming to the end of a book. The plot's in its thickest, all the characters are in a mess, but you can see that there aren't fifty pages left, and you know that the finish can't be far off."

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Source : HERMAN WOUK (1955). “MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR”

Herman Wouk

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It is a mysterious thing, the loss of faith-as mysterious as faith itself. Like faith, it is ultimately not rooted in logic; it is a change in the climate of the mind.”
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.”
“Greatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.”
“If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself.”
“A person with friends need never be bored. There is always more to fathom and enjoy in the complexity of others, and always the possibility of finding a way to delight them.”

Source : Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.122, Island Press
“All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.”

Source : Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)
“He that travels much knows much.”
“You can still die when the sun is shining.”

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