"He found himself in habiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment."

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Source : Jess Walter (2012). “Beautiful Ruins: A Novel”, p.9, Harper Collins

Jess Walter

#People Quotes #Boredom Quotes #Contentment Quotes

“Photography has definitely been my favorite way to remember things. At least for me thatâ€™s how my brain processes things, of memories or moments.”
“Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take pride in our accomplishment, and we find ourselves back at square one.”
“Refined, intense, wise, stiring, immediate, subtile, all the charmed qualities gather in Dropping the Bow. These translations are precious jewels. Like the erotic moods they investigate, these versions shimmer and startle with a palpable desire to be heard, and a mystical sense of impermanence. This is a transmission of a vital, extraordinary tradition.”
“Guard the secret theater of your heart. See nothing there that you do not want to see happen in reality.”

Source : Roy H. Williams (1999). “Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads”, Bard
“As opposed to coming up with something fantastic and trying to sell it to a studio, now all you have to do is get people to believe what you believe.”
“I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.”

Source : "A Minute With: Irrfan, formerly Irrfan Khan". Interview with Shilpa Jamkhandikar, www.reuters.com. March 23, 2012.
“If you have something at risk, you think differently.”
“I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously.”

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