"I haven't the stature to critique one of our literature's great novels, Tobias; and I'm not one of those who believe The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn needs critiquing for literary or social reasons."

-- Norman Lock

#Believe Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Needs Quotes

“More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.”
“Cortez looked like someone newly in love, the way only twenty-four-year-olds can look.”
“I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume.”
“Attain deliverance in disturbances.”
“The ironic is a mere ancient whisper in this torqued narrative: its odd violence feels true. Today & Tomorrow crashes through the windows of strip malls and paints the hypertrophic aisles with bristly-creepy hilarity.”
“Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. June 13, 2001.
“It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.”
“I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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