"The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre."

-- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#Character Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Medicine Quotes

“The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is what I've come to consider the default mode, existentially and electronically speaking. Bed, its utter inactivity, offers a glimpse of eternity, without the drawback of being dead.”

Source : Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2009). “Not Now, Voyager: A Memoir”, p.27, Counterpoint
“You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. August 17, 2009.
“We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.”
“I'm homosexual. How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.”
“The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to mine, and to process; and that it cannot be created by political fiat or caprice.”
“It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.”
“I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.”
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.”

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