"A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing."

-- Richard Russo

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Self Quotes

“People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.”
“You could call me antisocial, I've called myself that sometimes too, but I just prefer to be alone, and that's nothing against you.”

Source : "Song: 'Antisocialsong' ('Blue Walls and The Big Sky')". 1995.
“And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute to profit, but no organization is formed for the idea of pleasing its employees.”
“If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.”
“The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.”
“God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.”
“The idea that recording itself is an instrument.”
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies and cuts through to the essence of the evolutionary spirit.”

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