"The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none."

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Source : Le Genie de Christianisme pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3 (1802)

FranÃ§ois-RenÃ© de Chateaubriand

#Imitating Others Quotes #Refrain Quotes

“Homosexuality is not 'normal' On the contrary it is a challenge to the norm...Nature exists whether academics like it or not. And in nature, procreation is the single relentless rule. That is the norm. Our sexual bodies were designed for reproduction...No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous...homosexuality is an adaptation, not an inborn trait....”
“There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.”
“Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.”
“The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.”
“In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis; no, it entered my bloodstream directly, as powerful as heroin. I could feel it pump and surge, the way it brightened my veins to a kind of glass. I had wakened that morning to narrowness and predestination and now I was falling asleep in the storm of my own free will.”
“I am your brother. I was supposed to be your brother before either of us was born. Karmic debt. It appears I was Vlad the Impaler or Genghis Khan in a past life.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2011). “Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.41, Penguin
“Candy corn. For Halloween that is my favorite candy, but it doesn't come around that often and I like that.”
“There are almost no beautiful cities in America, though there are many beautiful parts of cities, and some sections that are glorious without being beautiful, like downtown Chicago. Cities are too big and too rich for beauty; they have outgrown themselves too many times.”

Source : Noel Perrin (1999). “Third Person Rural: Further Essays of a Sometime Farmer”, p.38, David R. Godine Publisher

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