"A novel means a new way of doing a story"

-- Romesh Gunesekera

#Mean Quotes #Stories Quotes #Way Quotes

“Ken Jeong might be my biggest fan.”
“Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, itâ€™s an antecedent to sloth, the least sexy of the seven deadly sins. Thomas Aquinas winnowed it down for me: acedia is sorrow so complete that the flesh prevails completely over the spirit. You donâ€™t just turn your back on the world, you turn your back on God. You donâ€™t care, and you donâ€™t care that you donâ€™t care.”
“Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.”
“Hey. Sometimes to conclusions.”
“Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they're back on the streets. Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.”
“The future is not set in stone, and even if it was, stone can be broken.”
“Employees who are controlled cannot respond caringly, you need superior knowledge and real leadership, not management. Because of this we specifically developed a selection process for leaders; we don't hire managers.”
“Letters of friendship require no study.”

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