"The dirty little secret about adventure writing is that something has to go wrong."

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Tim Cahill

#Dirty Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic was impeccable.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House
“But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.”
“The one-sided exploitation of existential guilt is thought reform's trump card, and perhaps its most important source of emotional influence over its participants. Revolving around it are issues most decisive to thought reform's outcome.”

Source : Robert Jay Lifton (2012). “Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'brainwashing' in China”, p.78, UNC Press Books
“Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God.”

Source : Karl Barth (2003). “Church Dogmatics The Doctrine of God, Volume 2, Part2: The Election of God; The Command of God”, p.317, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I'm about to rupture something," he was informed, as the big, gaily wrapped box she was carrying smacked into the small of his back again. She had an uncanny ability to hit the same spot every time.”
“The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they donâ€™t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think theyâ€™re going to go home one night and have the girl theyâ€™ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever somethingâ€™s too good to be true, thatâ€™s because itâ€™s a con.”
“When I wake up in the morning, I've got a coffee and I'm in my own home studio just chilling... I make happy music.”
“I wish i spent more time at the office.”

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