"That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be forgotten. But everything that had once existed left its traces, and people lived on memories just as they now live on the ability to forget quickly and emphatically."

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Source : Joseph Roth (2002). “The Radetzky March”, p.94, The Overlook Press

Joseph Roth

#Memories Quotes #Long Quotes #People Quotes

“God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.”
“We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.”
“Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.”

Source : Ann-Marie MacDonald (2011). “Fall On Your Knees”, p.255, Simon and Schuster
“I think I became an actor because I couldn't sing.”
“Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge my horizons, to gain wisdom, to experience beauty, to understand myself better, and for the pure wonderment of it all. I read and marvel over how writers use language in ways I never thought of. I read for company, and for escape. Because I am incurably interested in the lives of other people, both friends and strangers, I read to meet myriad folks and enter their lives- for me, a way of vanquishing the â€œothernessâ€ we all experience.”

Source : Nancy Pearl (2009). “Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason”, p.9, Sasquatch Books
“I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.”

Source : "'Diff'rent Strokes' actor Gary Coleman dies at 42" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2010.
“Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
“My wedding was at home, so I didn't really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz.”

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