"Oh, we do not understand death, we never understand it; creatures are only truly dead when everyone else has died who knew them."

-- Arthur Schnitzler

#Creatures Quotes

“The same was true of the most popular girls. They had no empathy, no compassion for more normal kids.”

Source : "The Uplift War". Book by David Brin, chapter 10, p. 66, 1987.
“I started photographing men in 1964. Fourteen years later I got a Guggenheim, even so no one would publish the male nudes.”
“I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had to keep things very simple.”
“It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.”
“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.”

Source : Donald G. Carty, Dorothea Brande (2013). “How to Wake Up and Live: A Formula for Success That Works”, p.61, Lulu Press, Inc
“I really think that martial arts and music are very close to each other and both require a lot of focus and improvisation because you don't know where or when you're going to get kicked!”
“Talking's just a nervous habit.”

Source : Martha Grimes (2013). “The Deer Leap”, p.108, Simon and Schuster
“My mom does all the grocery shopping.”

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