"The telephone conversation is, by its very nature, reactive, not reflective. Immediacy is its prime virtue. ... The letter, written in absorbed solitude, is an act of faith: it assumes the presence of humanity: world and self are generated from within: loneliness is courted, not feared. To write a letter is to be alone with my thoughts in the conjured presence of another person. I keep myself imaginative company. I occupy the empty room."

-- Vivian Gornick

#Loneliness Quotes #Writing Quotes #Self Quotes

“I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver...”
“People have often written about me, that I did this for this reason and that for that reason, and theyre usually 98 percent wrong.”
“I've done a variety of projects in different areas of the entertainment industry.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.”
“I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.”
“Chemistry, in its application to animals and vegetables. Endeavours jointly with physiology to enlighten us respecting the mysterious processes and sources of organic life.”

Source : Justus von Liebig (1844). “Familiar Letters on Chemistry, and its relation to Commerce, Physiology, and Agriculture: Edited by John Gardner”, p.10
“Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle.”

Source : Walter Moers (2009). “The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel”, p.104, The Overlook Press
“I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me.”

Source : "Me, Myself and I". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1989.

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