"I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon."

-- Tom Stoppard

#Inspirational Quotes #Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes

“That's the way it is with firstborns. Mom and Dad may think they're in charge, but the firstborn knows better, and so does the youngest sibling.”

Source : Dr. Kevin Leman (2009). “Born to Win: Keeping Your Firstborn Edge without Losing Your Balance”, p.32, Baker Books
“Sometimes running a corporation, dealing with powerful companies and trying to juggle so many projects takes its toll.”
“There is beautiful you are." "No," said Marged, between a sigh and a sob. "Yes," said Owen. "No," said Marged, not so certain. "Behold," Owen said, from Solomon. "thou art fair. Thou hast dove's eyes." "Dove's eyes are small." Marged said. "Yours are so big they are my whole world," said Owen.”

Source : Richard Llewellyn (2009). “How Green Was My Valley”, p.77, Simon and Schuster
“A lot of my books have been that way. My World War II thriller about Sarin gas [Black Cross] was published two months before the Sarin attack in the Japanese subway. There are very weird coincidences out there. And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write, because of my fear someone will carry it out.”
“If a man can tell if he's been successful in his life by having great friends, then I have been very successful.”

Source : Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.156, Abrams
“Looking a certain way is a blessing and a curse.”
“I no longer feel I'll be dead by thirty; now it's sixty. I suppose these deadlines we set for ourselves are really a way of saying we appreciate time, and want to use all of it. I'm still writing, I'm still writing poetry, I still can't explain why, and I'm still running out of time.”
“The mountains paralleled the valley and the snowy peaks were extending with fall to the valley floor.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (1986). “Nobody's Angel”, Vintage

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