"All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter's ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age."

-- Herman Melville

#Beautiful Quotes #Lying Quotes #Reality Quotes

“I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are.”
“Long cold nights mark November's return, grey rains fall, wind walks in the bronze oak leaves.”
“When I'm on the road making a movie in another city, on my day off, I always go to the movies. I love going to the movies. You get a ticket and sit there, and it's very interesting to be around people who aren't personally invested in you, in any way. They're just going to the movies”
“Kissing's no fun when you have herpes”
“We cannot convince a man to believe any more than we can raise the dead. Such things are the work of God's Spirit. Men are brought to faith only through the supernatural working of God, and He has promised to work-not through human wisdom or intellectual expertise, but through the preaching of Christ crucified and resurrected from the dead!”
“A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.”

Source : Rachel Kushner (2014). “The Flamethrowers: A Novel”, p.179, Simon and Schuster
“And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue?”
“Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side of a horse that was known to kick, and then look surprised when he got kicked.”

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