"When she told a story, she rolled her eyes and waved her head and was very dramatic."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Eye Quotes #Stories Quotes #Her Eyes Quotes

“[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.”

Source : Rex Stout (2010). “Fer-de-Lance”, p.3, Crimeline
“(H)ope, be it never so faint, bringeth a gleam into darkness, like a little rushlight that costeth but a groat.”

Source : Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.163, Booklassic
“New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.”
“How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.”
“I learned how to skate, I couldn't do the tricks, but I could certainly skate fast enough. I could keep up with anybody and I could bomb hills and I could hide behind my camera.”

Source : "Larry Clark’s America". Interview with Owen Wilson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2016.
“When you begin to give value to the world, somehow the people you affect will find a way to tell you. Even if it takes a couple of years.”
“We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what a hero could be and what the hero's journey as a human being is all about. But unfortunately, I think sometimes those stories too can be very prohibitive and confining.”
“Nobody remembers who was the richest toga salesman in Rome.”

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