"The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels."

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Markus Zusak

#Cost Quotes #Novel Quotes

“All of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.”
“What has God given you? Moses had a stick, David had a slingshot, and Paul had a pen. Mother Teresa possessed a love for the poor; Billy Graham, a gift for preaching; and Joni Eareckson Tada, a disability. What did they have in common? A willingness to let God use whatever they had, even when it didn't seem very useful. If you will assess what you have to offer in terms of your time, your treasure, and your talents, you will have a better understanding of how you might uniquely serve.”

Source : Richard Stearns (2009). “The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World”, p.259, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I think that when somebody, when people really have a connection with each other, they change each other. You become a different person, hopefully a better person, because of it.”
“There are good characters and bad characters.”
“It has been said that Ernest Hemingway would rewrite scenes until they pleased him, often thirty or forty times. Hemingway, critics claimed, was a genius. Was it his genius that drove him to work hard, or was it hard work that resulted in works of genius?”

Source : James N. Frey (2010). “How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling”, p.160, Macmillan
“Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.”
“There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what is. If we do not return to that place, we live our lives out of our heads. We blame others; we complain; we feel sorry for ourselves. All of these symptoms show that we're stuck in our thoughts. We're out of touch with the open space that is always right here.”
“If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.”

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