"As a reader, I tend not to get too much from tales of unrelenting grimness."

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Greg van Eekhout

#Too Much Quotes #Tales Quotes #Reader Quotes

“All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light...”
“Rich is he who thinks he is rich and poor is he who thinks he is poor.”
“There is no one on Earth quite like you. No one can compare to you. Three questions: Do you realize how special you are? Do you believe how special you are? Do you demonstrate to the world how special you are? Donâ€™t live your life trying to live someone elseâ€™s life. Be you!”
“By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.”

Source : "5 Powerful Tips For Female Professionals Who Want To Own The Table, Not Just Have A Seat" by Erica Nicole, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2016.
“Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.”
“A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.”

Source : Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel”, p.216, Simon and Schuster
“Performing onstage is all about reacting in a grand way. You're playing an arena of seventeen or eighteen thousand people and it's your job to make sure the person at the back feels as cool as the person all the way in the front. Being on stage is a bit of a faÃ§ade. You get to walk out there and be the coolest version of yourself that you could possibly have imagined and then you come off stage and you're just like everyone else.”
“There are some moments you'd rather sleep through, pass from point A to point B without awareness of the time passing or the events that carry you from present to future. And it's mostly those moments in which it's smarter-safer- to stay awake.”

Source : Robin Wasserman (2010). “Skinned”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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