"The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way."

-- Norton Juster

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time”
“Upon the publication of Goethe's epic drama, the Faustian legend had reached an almost unapproachable zenith. Although many failed to appreciate, or indeed, to understand this magnum opus in its entirety, from this point onward his drama was the rule by which all other Faust adaptations were measured. Goethe had eclipsed the earlier legends and became the undisputed authority on the subject of Faust in the eyes of the new Romantic generation. To deviate from his path would be nothing short of blasphemy.”
“Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.”
“The task of getting the Gospel in an adequate way to every ethnic person is tremedous. There is but one solution. I'm sure that it isn't man, money, surveys, not talk. They all have their place, but if the basis of all of it isn't fervent, believing prayer, they are in vain. And prayer should not only be the basis but it should permeate and vitalize the whole work.”
“When we kiss, his lips on mine are like CPR-- breathing the life back into me.”
“Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.”

Source : SAUL BELLOW (1971). “MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET”
“The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!”
“You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. You all should be spanked for this.”

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