"I found it instructive and highly constructive as a writer to go to a point of disaster and come out with a feel for it and then some sort of a lesson based on feeling."

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Fred D'Aguiar

#Feelings Quotes #Lessons Quotes #Disaster Quotes

“Nothing will get you into trouble so deep or as sad as faith.”

Source : Rick Bass (1994). “The Watch: Stories”, p.46, W. W. Norton & Company
“The problem is that taxes arenâ€™t used efficiently.”
“I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. But the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two blocks or three blocks, I believe is wrong.”
“I read Google News and use NetNewsWire to keep up with general and tech news.”
“I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.”
“What are stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?”
“As I get older I find that the friendships that are the most certain, ultimately, are the ones where you and the other person have made substantial amounts of money for one another.”

Source : Jonathan Lethem (2005). “Men and Cartoons”, p.58, Vintage

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