"The American mirror, said the voice, the sad American mirror of wealth and poverty and constant useless metamorphosis, the mirror that sails and whose sails are pain."

-- Roberto Bolano

#Pain Quotes #Voice Quotes #Mirrors Quotes

“As so often happens in marriage, roles that had begun almost playfully, to give line and shape to our lives, had hardened like suits of armor and taken us prisoner.”

Source : Molly Haskell (2000). “Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir”, p.12, iUniverse
“It's fascinating to see how versatile New York City is. It lends itself to being so many different places!”
“I am exceedingly angry for no good reason.”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.63, LSU Press
“It would be positively boring if minds were in tune.”
“The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.”
“Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.”
“All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.”

Source : Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. August 3, 2007.
“Nothing ages so quickly as yesterday's vision of the future.”

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