"I'm asked all the time, "Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?" And the answer to that is, "No." It's sort of a loss to stop a 10-year project, which is an imaginary project in the sense that it's a work of my imagination. The people who I've lived with for 10 years in my imagination are now sort of defunct. To lose them is rather a mournful process - it's not a relief."

-- Bob Shacochis

#Loss Quotes #People Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“All younger people should know something. If youâ€™re always battling against getting older, youâ€™re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.”
“Yum-O! I say this if something is so good that 'yum' just isn't enough of an exclamation. The accent is on the 'O' as in, 'Oh! That is so good!'”
“Gos bless America, my home sweet home.”
“All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.”
“Nothing is harder to see into thanpeoples nature. The sage looks at subtle phenomena and listens tosmall voices. This harmonizes the outside with the inside and the inside with the outside.”
“It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer â€“ it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.”
“Your shame will be your torture, and your torture will be your life. I wish it long.”
“Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look younger if you don't worry about it.”

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