"Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you Âfinish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Anne Enright, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

Anne Enright

#Book Quotes #Self Quotes #Dying Quotes

“Gay and lesbian people are equal. They deserve equal protection of the laws, and they deserve it now.”

Source : "If SCOTUS Decides in Favor of Marriage Equality, Thank Solicitor General Don Verrilli" by Mark Joseph Stern, www.slate.com. April 29, 2015.
“I feel like all the songs are little scenes, different angles, of the feelings that come around something ending.”
“I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else.”
“... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.”
“Incidentally, I only have one cavity, and as much as my dentist asks me to, I just can't bring myself to floss.”
“As soon as a manhas his guard up. he will not fall in love or get attached the only way he'll get attached is if you lower his guard first.”
“The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.”
“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.”

Source : Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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