"The gods spend the wealth the universe gathers, they scan the wonders and fling them to nothingness. That's why they're the gods! I told you they were devils."

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Source : Fritz Leiber (2014). “The Wanderer”, p.341, Open Road Media

Fritz Leiber

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“Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the manâ€™s (or womanâ€™s) thoughts and attitudes.”
“I burned my own damn finger pokin' someone else's fire”
“I'm a really optimistic, positive person, but I've been heartbroken on a social and political level, heartbroken on a personal level and anywhere in between. I think heartbreak is one of the best artist's catalysts for creation. That doesn't mean one should look for heartbreak; I don't agree with that. At a certain point you can use heartbreaks from other people's stories, your own life or before. You don't have to dwell on heartbreak.”
“Having said that, I must now admit that I was still afraid of human beings, and before I could meet even the customers in the bar I had to fortify myself by gulping down a glass of liquor. The desire to see frightening thingsâ€”that was what drew me every night to the bar where, like the child who squeezes his pet all the harder when he actually fears it a little, I proclaimed to the customers standing at the bar my drunken, bungling theories of art.”
“So we believed that strategic alliances and partnerships were critical, and we did that for five years.”
“The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.”

Source : "5 Kids & No Nanny: How Chris O'Donnell Does It" by Laurie Sandell, www.redbookmag.com. May 17, 2010.
“If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell you it again when you're fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you're reading a whole new book.”
“You know, when people look at a tree, they look at the leaves; they don't look at the spaces between the leaves. They're focused on the tree. I think there's an awareness of spaces or it wouldn't look like a tree to them.”

Source : "Keith Jarrett, Part II: The Q&A". Interview with David Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. October 13, 2009.

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