"The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress."

-- Philip Roth

#Writing Quotes #Progress Quotes #Hell Quotes

“You can't spend so much time in a place and not carry a bit of it inside you.”

Source : Frank Beddor (2006). “The Looking Glass Wars”, Dial Books for Young Readers
“But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it's hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.”
“What is the point of having free speech if you have nothing to say?”
“I wish to blur the firm boundaries which we self-certain people tend to delineate around all we can achieve.”
“Mind and intelligence are woven into the fabric of our universe in a way that altogether surpasses our understanding.”
“The art of life is to stay wide open and be vulnerable, yet at the same time to sit with the mystery and the awe and with the unbearable pain - to just be with it all.”
“I never tell my boyfriend that I'm busy when I'm not. No matter how effective they are, cheap techniques like that just don't agree with me. So it's always okay, it's always all right. In my opinion the surest way to hook a man is to be as open with him as possible.”
“Envy is the ulcer of the soul.”

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