"Literature is the daughter of heaven, who descended upon earth to soften and charm all human ills."

-- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

#Daughter Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Literature Quotes

“It makes no sense to spend $6 billion a month to go after 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.”
“You kind of live and die by the serve.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I never expected to be anybody important.”
“Fashion, art, and architecture are all so tightly connected; I think the way to approach referencing these art works is by capturing the essence.”
“Sentimentality and nostalgia are closely related. Kissing cousins. I have no time for nostalgia, though. Nostalgics believe the past is nicer than the present. It isn't. Or wasn't. Nostalgics want to cuddle the past like a puppy. But the past has bloody teeth and bad breath. I look into its mouth like a sorrowing dentist.”
“If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking what you write, it's about improving with every word, little by little, exploring your craft, becoming the artist you hope to be one day. And you can only do that by working at it every day. It doesn't happen overnight, it doesn't happen over a weekend, it is a lifelong pursuit.”
“It's a misconception that love can only foster between two people of opposite sex. Love is a bond.”
“He stood breathing, and the more he breathed the land in, the more he was filled up with all the details of the land. He was not empty. There was more than enough here to fill him. There would always be more than enough.”

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