"I know from vast experience that fear talks a lot louder than courage. I need to listen to that other voice inside me, that faint one that's struggling to be heard."

-- Lesley Kagen

#Struggle Quotes #Voice Quotes #Needs Quotes

“But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them.”
“I had an idea and I wanted just to make it work. And I am never, ever secure on the set that what I am doing is going to translate to the screen. It never changes.”
“There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.”
“I was made to believe there's something wrong with me,”
“Who are you calling?" (claire) Pizza hut" (shane) Loser" (claire)”
“Never invest so much in anyone romantically that you lose your head. The Buddha of casual sex, I remain detached at all costs.”
“My phone rings, they call me up and say, 'Chael, your testosterone level is too high.' I say, 'Well, how high was it?' They say, '0.7.' I said, 'What's normal?' They say, '0.6.'; I said, 'One-tenth? You're telling me I'm one-tenth higher than the average man? Re-test that - you must have caught me on a low day.'”
“Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough.”

Source : Madison Smartt Bell (1991). “Barking Man and Other Stories”, Penguin Group USA

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