"You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world"

-- Robert Caro

#Doors Quotes #Light Quotes #World Quotes

“I've tried to live my life right, just like a story.”
“For me, I look at the faces of my kids and I think about the future that is going to await them and whether they're going to not just have the financial resources to be prepared for the challenge, but whether they're going to have the strength and the stamina to live healthier, longer lives so that they can see their kids and grandkids. That's the legacy I hope to see, and it can have nothing to do with me and I'd be perfectly happy.”
“Will Rogersâ€¦used to come out with a newspaper and pretend he was a yokel criticizing the intellectuals who ran the government. I come out with a newspaper and pretend Iâ€™m an intellectual making fun of the yokels running the government.”
“The next time that we meet we meet as enemies!”
“A: There is no grand scheme of things. B: If there were a grand scheme of things, the fact â€“ the fact â€“ that we are not equipped to perceive it, either by natural or supernatural means, is a nightmarish obscenity. C: The very notion of a grand scheme of things is a nightmarish obscenity.”

Source : Thomas Ligotti (2011). “My Work Is Not Yet Done”, p.14, Random House
“You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house. "Just a small one," said Nightingale. "So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?" "A wizard." "Like Harry Potter?" Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter." "In what way?" "I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.”
“Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.”
“The work is the understanding of the people that you're speaking for. The further you get away from that, the further you are from the work.”

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