"That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

#Writing Quotes #Retrospect Quotes

“I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be something else.”

Source : Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.504, Simon and Schuster
“I actually have more shoes than anyone will ever know.”
“The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.”
“The most important individual in the Iran is not President Ahmadinejad. It's the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. He was elected, but we're not talking about free and fair elections in Iran. There are certain vetting processes which take place.”
“For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it. No created being can ever know how much and how sweetly and tenderly God loves them. It is only with the help of his grace that we are able to persevere in spiritual contemplation with endless wonder at his high, surpassing, immeasurable love which our Lord in his goodness has for us.”
“To be able to see the flaws in your own work is a gift.”

Source : Jude Deveraux (2013). “True Love”, p.116, Ballantine Books
“Obviously, I can't tell the story of what it is to be a black girl, but maybe I can tell something else. Girlhood is not about what it's like to be a black girl, it's about what it's like to be a girl.”
“Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.”

Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.132, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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