"There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought."

--

David Allen

“But it did not all happen in a day, this giving over of himself, body and soul, to the man-animals. He could not immediately forego his wild heritage and his memories of the Wild. There were days when he crept to the edge of the forest and stood and listened to something calling him far and away.”
“You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not.”
“Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it.”

Source : Gerald G. May (2009). “Addiction and Grace: Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions”, p.10, Harper Collins
“Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture.”
“Painful things do not come to us from outside, but arise from within our own mind. Circumstances or other people have no power to make us feel bad; the most they can do is trigger the potentials for painful feelings that already exist within our own mind.”
“All types of racing costs a lot of money no matter what you're doing.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.”
“What matters is not publication or success (success is bad for your prose) but the practice of the imaginative act. Our damaged values depend on it.”

Source : "Janet Burroway talks about writing lives". The Chicago Manual of Style Interview, cmosshoptalk.com. April 4, 2014.

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