"Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth"

-- Paul Johnson

#People Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Appeals Quotes

“I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.”
“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.”
“The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story.”
“People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority.”
“Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!”
“But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.”
“I'm gonna abandon my spirit to them, which is actually what I attempt to do. You work yourself up into that state and you fall in supplication of the demon gods.”
“For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.”

Source : C. J. Cherryh (2005). “The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh”, Daw Books

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