"You can't write something actively trying to please everyone - you're going to end up with watery soup that way. You just have to write stories you would want to read and hope that people like them."

-- Kelly Sue DeConnick

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The purely emotional form of Pietism is, as Ritschl has pointed out, a religious dilettantism for the leisure class.”
“When you were in love you knew no fear or hatred.”
“The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were people with Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Native American and humanist perspectives, as well as individuals from advocacy groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the American Center for Law and Justice.”
“Read. It makes you more intelligent. Itâ€™s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.”
“Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.”
“My lips are chapped from the winds of change.”

Source : Sarah Vowell (2013). “Radio On: A Listener's Diary”, p.10, St. Martin's Griffin
“Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fact, what can there be in common between the vile multitude and sublime wisdom? The Truth must be kept secret, and the masses need a teaching proportioned to their imperfect reason.”
“All you need is a bad angle and suddenly youre 30 pounds overweight.”

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