"We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific."

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Source : Douglas Kennedy (2010). “The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel”, p.582, Simon and Schuster

Douglas Kennedy

#Keys Quotes #Admitting Quotes #Facts Quotes

“The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep.”
“To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.”
“I've always felt, even as a songwriter, that the rhythm of speech is in itself a language for me.”
“The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no account to retaliate by going to the other extreme -- thinking too much.”
“I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree with everything you said.”
“I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.”
“Half of the reason why people aren't able to succeed in life is because they hypnotize themselves into believing that they can't accomplish their goals, it's a mind game they play with themselves.”
“I had hit a critical period in my life, where I changed very much as a person. I consider the person I used to be, dead, and I'm glad that he is. Insecure, frightened, confused, much like a lot of people I know today.”

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