"A true storyteller is really good at writing himself into a corner and then finding a way out of that corner"

-- Michael Chabon

#Writing Quotes #Way Quotes #True Story Quotes

“The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.”
“Itâ€™s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.”
“I'm just an old maid with an attraction to men.”
“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”
“War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation.”

Source : "Mars and its Canals". Book by Percival Lowell, Chapter XXXII, Conclusion, 1906.
“Theologically, the creation of chocolate demonstrates both the unity and the diversity of humanity. Wherever you taste it, in every country of the world, it is immediately recognizable. Other things, in every cuisine, are just food, but chocolate is chocolate.”
“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”
“The stars are a free show; it donâ€™t cost anything to use your eyes”

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