"The real things are apt to be deviant."

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Source : Osamu Dazai (1968). “The Setting Sun”, p.6, New Directions Publishing

Osamu Dazai

#Real Quotes #Deviants Quotes

“Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.”
“For men love what they cannot have, and hate what they cannot control.”
“It may be relatively mild when expressed as criticism, anger, or feelings of severe frustration. Criticism has a negative influence on the feelings of love for and interest in one's spouse.”
“Italy is not a country for beginners.”

Source : Tim Parks (2014). “Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company
“The heart of the matter, as I see it, is the stark fact that world poverty is primarily a problem of two million villages, and thus a problem of two thousand million villagers.”
“Every intelligent person, whether hes an artist or not - a mathematician, a doctor, a scientist - possesses a poetic way of seeing and describing the world.”
“The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.”
“Facts may be colored by the personalities of the people who present them.”

Source : Reginald Rose (2006). “Twelve Angry Men”, p.40, Penguin

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