"... the novelist is bound by the reasonable possibilities, not the probabilities, of his culture."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Novelists Quotes #Culture Quotes #Possibility Quotes

“Don't make excuses, don't blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!”
“Imma violate yall ***** like Chris Stokes.”
“You have to realize that everyone in a band is all more or less together, and everyone has their own niche, and some people lead in some ways, and some people lead in others.”
“They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.”
“Whenever I was confronted in the schoolyard, I found some way to avoid the fight. I ran for it. I backed down. Psychologically and emotionally, that isn't a low-cost course of action for most boys. You avoid a physical beating, but you pay a real social and psychological cost for it. Those moments of walking away from fights, even though I knew it was the rational and civilized thing to do, cost me tremendously.”
“The key to success is for you to make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear.”
“Art is a weapon for me, with which I can strike back.”

Source : Interview with Marc Kayser, Quest, Berlin, March 2004.
“God does say He will graciously entertain our prayers. He says that if we exercise faith, and if our request is in accordance with His will, He will hear us.”

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