"Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone."

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Source : Saul Bellow (2015). “Ravelstein”, p.140, Penguin

Saul Bellow

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“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.”
“I have the utmost respect for people who are asexual. I didn't believe that they existed at first. But they do exist, and their numbers are growing.”
“In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.”

Source : Adrian Heathfield, Gwen John, Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, Hugo Glendinning (2004). “Live: art and performance”
“I'm going to be who I am. And if you find it offensive, if you find it to be too tough, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.”

Source : "The Best Actress in Her Price Range in the Whole Baltimore Area" by Bob Ivry, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.”
“Out-of-whack emotions are always a good beginning point for identifying beliefs that aren't really true, an easy red flag for our inquiry. Exaggerated emotions of anxiety or discouragement invite us to trace them back to the thoughts that are creating them.”
“The ways sexuality plays out in political economies is central. And Cambodia's political economy is organized around this notion of family. So lesbianism is actually perceived as being threatening to a degree that it would have not been, for example, under socialist East Germany. But it's one of the essential issues of women's freedom: Do you get to do want you want to do with your body? Not if you don't know what your body is for.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.”

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