"All one needs to write a story is one feeling and four walls."

-- Doris Betts

#Wall Quotes #Writing Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.”
“For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into.”
“In order for us to use the very best judgment possible in spending the taxpayer's money intelligently, we just have to do a certain amount of this research and development work ourselves. We just have to keep our own hands dirty to command the professional respect of the contractor personnel engaged with actual design, shop and testing work.”
“Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.”

Source : Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.164, Courier Corporation
“A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny.”

Source : "Episode seven". www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2002.
“We like the idea of being a little divisive without making it into some kind of philosophical musical approach, and maybe we can convert some people to our view of the world.”
“Thou art never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which He permits for the purification and beautifying of thy soul.”
“If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.”

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