"I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence."

-- George Eliot

#Writing Quotes #Conviction Quotes #Social Quotes

“The gorgeous breathlessness and thrilling pulse -- those are sensations that the years have layered on top of the initial emptiness, like sheet after sheet of silk covering a bare table. More than fifty years later I can only see the cloth; the table has been obscured.”
“There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride.”
“Obviously, you want to teach your child between right and wrong, respect and being kind to others, whether it's their sisters or parents. You try to teach them by example, talk to them and explain certain situations. But there's also a time to put them in time out or let them know they've made a mistake and try to learn from it.”
“Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.”
“I try not to eat too much dairy or gluten.”

Source : "Face Time | Katrina Bowden". Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. August 9, 2011.
“The Nazi leadersâ€¦.treated Germany like a conquered land, a colony to be used and abused without consideration, to be exploited to the full, and its national spirit, happiness and wellbeing to be sedulously ignored”
“I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.”
“Ungrateful are those on this earthly road, Who do complain that life is made of tears, That happiness on earth one cannot find, That we are made of sorrows and of fears.”

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