"He knew that he was the stuff of which fanatics and madmen are made and that he had turned his destiny as if with his bare will. He kept himself upright on a very narrow line between madness and emptiness and when the time came for him to lose his balance he intended to lurch toward emptiness and fall on the side of his choice."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Fall Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Choices Quotes

“The press still considers me one of the most laid-back athletes since Babe Ruth. That's supposed to be a criticism, but I consider it a compliment because I think being carefree on the course is one of the secrets to scoring well consistently”
“A few weeks after my surgery, I went out to play catch with my golden retriever. When I bent over to pick up the ball, my prosthesis fell out. The dog snatched it, and I found myself chasing him down the road yelling "Hey, come back here with my breast!"”
“Liking an author may be as involuntary and improbable as falling in love.”
“As long as we are graceful, appreciative lodgers, the earth remains healthy and wondrous.”
“The writing process is sort of like when you've got no electricity and you've gotten up in the middle of the night to find the bathroom, feeling your way along in the dark. I can't hardly tell you what I do because I really don't know.”
“One is always willfully absurd.... If one does not say silly things with a purpose, then he is merely an idiot.”

Source : Galen Beckett (2010). “The House on Durrow Street”, p.206, Spectra
“If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.”
“Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.”

Source : Naomi Novik (2009). “In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)”, p.209, Del Rey

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