"If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence."

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Source : 2003 A Writer's World: Travels1950-2000, prologue.

Jan Morris

#Sometimes Quotes #Anarchist Quotes #Authority Quotes

“The fear that the universe is not what you assume it to be is very basic, especially when you know damn well it isn't what you assume it to be.”
“Hatred and sorrow are power. They are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength, and use that strength to move forward.”
“He smiled at my reaction, the stupid smile of his that was like he knew something you didnâ€™t. And he knew something I didnâ€™t pretty much all the time, so it was pretty much every smile on his face.”
“A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.”
“They minute people fall in love they become liars.”
“But nothing exists in the future; it is empty; one might die at any minute.”
“Music gives color to the air of the moment.”
“The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly. I paint life as I would like it to be.”

Source : Norman Rockwell, Thomas Rockwell (1979). “Norman Rockwell, My Adventures as an Illustrator: An Autobiography”, Curtis Publishing Company, (IN)

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