"Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can."

-- Charles Darwin

#Nature Quotes #Lying Quotes #Direct Quotes

“As a poet and writer in general I feel very grateful that I can just make a chapbook and that we don't have the expenses of filmmakers.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
“The language of the novel differs from the just-the-facts language of the old tales. It's robust and earthy, sometimes even baroque.”
“To bring yourself love and happiness, do what you can to bring them to others.”
“Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.”
“It's easy to assume people are conforming when we witness them all choosing the same option, but when we choose that very option ourselves, we have no shortage of perfectly good reasons for why we just happen to be doing the same thing as those other people; they mindlessly conform, but we mindfully choose. This doesn't mean that we're all conformists in denial. It means that we regularly fail to recognize that others' thoughts and behaviors are just as complex and varied as our own. Rather than being alone in a crowd of sheep, we're all individuals in sheep's clothing.”
“Behind the newspaper Julian was withdrawing into the inner compartment of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was a kind of mental bubble in which he established himself when he could not bear to be a part of what was going on around him. From it he could see out and judge but in it he was safe from any kind of penetration from without. It was the only place where he felt free of the general idiocy of his fellows. His mother had never entered it but from it he could see her with absolute clarity.”
“Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training.”
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”

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