"By the time you read this, you'll be older than you remember."

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Chuck Palahniuk

#Age Quotes #Remember Quotes

“Premie'Â re approximation: j'eÂ cris pour deÂ truire, en les deÂ crivant avec preÂ cision, des monstres nocturnes qui menacent d'envahir ma vie eÂ veilleÂ e. First general point: I write to destroy, by describing exactly the nocturnal monsters that threaten to invade my waking life.”
“If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?'”
“Iâ€™m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the boredom of its conveyanceâ€¦ Iâ€™ve always wanted to be able to convey figurative imagery in a kind of shorthand, to get it across in as direct a way as possible. I want there to be a human presence without having to depict it in full.”
“They say if somebody has done something you want to do, all you need to do is go out and copy them.”
“The most exciting thing about women's liberation is that this century will be able to take advantage of talent and potential genius that have been wasted because of taboos.”
“I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.”
“We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.”
“Because of my schooling, my fate would always be a little different from my friends.”

Source : Daoud Hari (2008). “The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur”, p.66, Random House

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