"In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth."

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Source : William Styron (1990). “Darkness visible: a memoir of madness”, Random House Incorporated

William Styron

#Struggle Quotes #Skins Quotes #Teeth Quotes

“Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.”
“(from John Hay's diary) â€œThe President never appeared to better advantage in the world,â€ Hay proudly noted in his diary. â€œThough He knows how immense is the danger to himself from the unreasoning anger of that committee, he never cringed to them for an instant. He stood where he thought he was right and crushed them with his candid logic.”
“After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former enemies. In the space of just seventeen months, they created the borders of Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and most of the Middle East. And I have spent my entire careerâ€”in Belfast and Sarajevo, in Beirut and Baghdadâ€”watching the people within those borders burn.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things”

Source : James Howard Kunstler (1994). “Geography Of Nowhere: The Rise And Declineof America'S Man-Made Landscape”, p.117, Simon and Schuster
“I consider your conduct unethical and lousy.”

Source : Cartoon caption, Peter Arno's Parade (1929)
“Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.”
“There's a whole lot of evil in the world looks pretty on the outside.”

Source : Hillary Jordan (2008). “Mudbound”, p.227, Random House
“I prefer to be left alone with my books.”

Source : Alison Weir (2006). “Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey”, Random House LLC

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