""He Stopped Loving Her Today" a fascinating book about the making of a record. Really, to be honest, it has some of the best George Jones anecdotes I've ever read, like cocaine psychosis causing this personality called "the Duck.""

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Source : "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

Scott McClanahan

#Book Quotes #Ducks Quotes #Psychosis Quotes

“The soul is the form of the body”

Source : Michael Flynn (2006). “Eifelheim”, p.171, Macmillan
“People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country.”
“It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive consequences with it. We can never get beyond that range of cause and effect.”

Source : Thomas Troward (2007). “The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science”, p.28, Cosimo, Inc.
“Love and politics are the two great figures of social engagement. Politics is enthusiasm with a collective; with love, two people. So love is the minimal form of communism.”

Source : "Alain Badiou: a life in writing". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.
“Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.”
“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

Source : Honore De Balzac (2005). “The Physiology of Marriage and Pierre Grassou”, p.90, Cosimo, Inc.
“Formula for success: Underpromise and overachieve.”
“I call my parents twice a day when I'm away.”

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