"Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you."

--

Nicholson Baker

#Particular Quotes #Relative Quotes

“I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that i finally obey.”
“All belief is a cover-up for insecurity”
“Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.”
“Nature herself makes the wise man rich.”
“If you take your last album & try to copy it, then thats sure to hell the way to stagnation. And that makes me bored...and if I'm bored then the music is boring and so are the band!”
“Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not tell us what right is - that we are taught by God's word.”
“It seems a little bit like the home of the U.S. Open in the States. For all the venues of the U.S. Open this is more synonymous for the U.S. Open than any other one.”
“The process is the most beautiful part.”

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