"The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions."

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Source : James Jones (2012). “The World War II Trilogy: From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle”, p.1155, Open Road Media

James Jones

#Men Quotes #Honest Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“It is very important that we look at what we CAN do, rather than what is impossible to do.”
“Even the sadistic misogyny of Buddha and Christ was nothing but an attempt to gain the better of a vastly superior opponent.”

Source : Fumiko Enchi (2015). “Masks”, p.124, Vintage
“...one of the reasons I like classes and structured learning is that they encourage -and contribute to-the belief that life is orderly, that things happen when they are supposed to happen, that actions have predictable results and that events are controllable.”
“I think that the creative process, especially in the beginning of making an album, I'm feeling very fragile, so to speak, because you are trying out so many different ideas, and if you are listening to it from the outside, it would sound horrible!”
“The camera is one of the greatest liars of our time.”
“All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service of their goals, they lay down time, energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self.”

Source : "Author's Afterword". "Cordelia's Honor". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1996.
“I knew I was happy when I was dancing.”
“I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.”

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