"A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen."

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Source : Charles Baxter (2007). “The art of subtext: beyond plot”, Graywolf Pr

Charles Baxter

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“It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm not much of a revenge person, because I think when you start with revenge it cheapens what you've been through.”

Source : Interview with Shawn Adler, www.ign.com. July 26, 2006.
“I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.”
“Wisdom is the ability to do two things at once, to be in the world and enjoy it and at the same time, to be in the realms of light, to be in samadhi.”
“Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.”

Source : Robert Herrick (2003). “Selected Poems”, p.62, Taylor & Francis
“Man in society is like a flow'r, Blown in its native bed. 'Tis there alone His faculties expanded in full bloom Shine out, there only reach their proper use.”
“Depression has been called the worlds number one public health problem. In fact, depression is so widespread it is considered the common cold of psychiatric disturbances. But there is a grim difference between depression and a cold. Depression can kill you.”
“All of Christian existence ... stands within an expectation. Its fulfillment may be sure, but its timing is unknown.”

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