"And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit."

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Scott Westerfeld

#Forever Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever played competitive tennis, but you learn not to watch bad tennis; it messes up your game. Art's the same way.”
“If you're looking for a boyfriend, you aren't gonna find one. They seem to come into your life when you least expect it.”
“Compensation is counterintuitive:Â The more treasure you give away to those who serve well, the more treasure will return to you.Â But few people perceive this simple truth.Â Most try to keep as much as they can for themselves and give little away.Â That's why their purses refuse to fatten.”
“Art does not in fact prove anything. What it does do is record one of those brief times, such as we each have and then each forget, when we are allowed to understand that the Creation is whole.”
“Novelists are people who have discovered that they can dampen their neuroses by writing make-believe. We will keep on doing that no matter what, while offering loftier explanations.”
“The idea that feminism is a 'battle of the sexes' about blaming all men and setting up a 'gender war' is a handy, controversial media hook. But it doesn't reflect reality.”
“Beneath our clothes, our reputations, our pretensions, beneath our religion or lack of it, we are all vulnerable both to the storm without and the storm within.”
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

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