"My questions did surprise some people. Others didn't bat an eye. That happens with all my books - I'll read them in a certain mood and think, "Gosh, what was I thinking that day? This is really kind of odd." But on other days it seems totally normal to me."

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Source : Source: www.hbook.com

Laurie Keller

#Book Quotes #Eye Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.”
“Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous charade of posturing, bluffing, fast moves, tenacity and surrenders.”

Source : Andrew X. Pham (2010). “Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam”, p.75, Macmillan
“I can't imagine turning into one of those codgers who no longer reads fiction. I'm regularly stirred by it and suffer no anxiety of influence. Influence me! That was my credo then, as I was developing and learning, and remains so now, as I'm developing and learning.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.”

Source : Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2002). “Boundaries in Marriage”, p.26, Zondervan
“Inspiration always arrives unannounced.”
“I owe everything to the army.”

Source : Norman Wisdom, William Hall (1992). “Don't laugh at me: an autobiography”, Vintage
“I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.”
“The best artists are gone now.”

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