"I write of love and death. What other subjects are there?"

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Arthur Schnitzler

#Writing Quotes #Love And Death Quotes #Subjects Quotes

“Unlikely things are often true . . .”

Source : Sheridan Hay (2008). “The Secret of Lost Things”, p.155, Anchor
“I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!”
“When you have kids, it takes the focus off of you. You forget about what clothes you're wearing, or if you went to the gym. It makes you a better person if you do it right.”
“One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.”
“Nothing in the world is like this- a bright white page with pale blue lines. The smell of a newly sharpened pencil the soft hush of it moving finally one day into letters.”
“I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.”
“Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.”

Source : Harold Pinter (2009). “Various Voices: Sixty Years of Prose, Poetry, Politics, 1948-2008”
“Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.”

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