"Maybe I will go to Paris. Who knows? But Iâ€™ll sure as hell never Go back to Texas again"

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Source : James Crumley (2016). “The Final Country”, p.322, Vintage

James Crumley

#Texas Quotes #Paris Quotes #Hell Quotes

“Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.”
“It isn't hard to be in a relationship because I've always loved to be in a relationship, and I love to be in love.”
“A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.”
“Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.”
“The awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.”
“She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and make them responsible and coherent.”
“Compelling spectacles are not to reach a niche market, it could be for reaching a niche marketing but on a grand scale. This is for grand marketing.”
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.”

Source : Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.57

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