"Mr. Robinson and Mr. Kovite have...written a captivating coming-of-age novel that is, by turns, funny and sad and elegiac -\-\ a novel that leaves us with some revealing snapshots of America, both at war and in denial, and some telling portraits of a couple of millennials trying to grope their way toward adulthood."

-- Michiko Kakutani

#Couple Quotes #War Quotes #America Quotes

“We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.”

Source : "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 4, 1799.
“Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.”
“You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.”
“The cure for a broken heart is simple, my lady. A hot bath and a good night's sleep.”
“In order to depict a man one must understand him, and to understand him one must be like him; in order to portray his psychological activities one must be able to reproduce them in oneself. To understand a man one must have his nature in oneself.”
“If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.”
“Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the hunger for meaning in your life. Play at the serious questions of life and death.”
“Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.”

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