"It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing."

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Source : E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.503, Delphi Classics

E. Nesbit

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“You get changed by the Bill Belichick way, you get changed by the Patriot Way,”
“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.”
“The Soul should always stand ajar.”
“Only through apprehending, by means of present-day creations, how art is created, can the creations of other periods be genuinely appreciated.”

Source : Harold Rosenberg (1983). “Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations”, p.136, University of Chicago Press
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.”
“Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind working?or rather, has your mind watched itself in operation, just to see what your thoughts are, what your feelings are, how you look at the trees, at the flowers, at the birds, at people, how you respond to a suggestion or react to a new idea? Have you ever done this?”
“Sex is perhaps like culture - a luxury that only becomes an art after generations of leisurely acquaintance. Why we scarcely approach either as individuals - it's mass propulsion still!”
“All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.”

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