"One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy."

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Source : Anthony Powell (1995). “A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement”, University of Chicago Press

Anthony Powell

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“Sound is one of the best most powerful tools. All the ancient traditions confirm that in the beginning was the word. Sound sort of predates form.”
“Large cocktail parties are an infamous technique for ridding yourself of social obligations to people you usually don't know well or like much, which is such an unpromising beginning that I've rarely known one that recovered and turned into a great party.”
“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.”
“The inspiration for my work comes from areas spanning the stark regions of Newfoundland to the lush and fertile valleys of the South. The landscapes offer me form; the people I've met in these places give them color.”
“The leaf, still green, must someday fall such grief and joy to live at all.”
“Such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures, that even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from early boyhood to decrepit old age, with the utmost leisure, the most unwearied zeal, and talents greater than I have, I would be still daily making progress in discovering their treasures.”
“One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker.”
“Competition is pretty much the essence of everything, it gives humans drive.”

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