"That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories of exaggerated mischief and the altruism of sharing pornography, was actually a farcical fellowship. Because what a man really wanted was to be bigger than his friends."

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Source : Manu Joseph (2011). “Serious Men”, p.10, HarperCollins Publishers

Manu Joseph

#Memories Quotes #Reality Quotes #Men Quotes

“Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.”
“I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.”

Source : "Hanson on Music, Fatherhood & the Importance of Arts Education Hanson on Music, Fatherhood & the Importance of Arts Education". Parenting.com Interview, www.parenting.com.
“All things are connected, like the blood that runs in your family "The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father." 1854 The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. You must give to the rivers the kindness you would give to any brother.”
“I don't really inject the rock 'n' roll thing, what I take from rock 'n' roll is probably the melodies and the musical behind it.”
“It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.”

Source : "Sometimes, you just gotta' shut down". Interview With Amy Green, www.salon.com. 1995.
“Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.”
“So much of writing is discovery. Sometimes I feel like a rat in a maze, trying to discover the way out. My little heart is beating, and I'm racing down a path thinking, this is the route, it will get me there, as I turn this way and then that.”

Source : Source: scholar.lib.vt.edu
“Surely life has taught you that a thing can be both beautiful and vile.”

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