"Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not."

-- A. N. Wilson

#Writing Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Feels Quotes

“It is obvious that any rather non-color, monochromatic design is safe, easier, more generally restful and with life being the hurdy-gurdy that it is, more and more of us prefer and interior giving the maximum response.”
“Didn't this beat everything? A pretty and an ugly taking a stroll together. The warden came closer, confusion all over his middle-pretty face. Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "Make me pretty.”
“Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.”
“Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.”
“He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”
“Race is always tossed into the mix. The unspoken idea is always that white people have a right to carry guns and bear arms.”
“I don't know if I want to break my own record. I think I would rather leave it as it is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I have an incredible talent for tripping everywhere. And I find that rather boring. Tripping and walking out of my shoes; I do it all the time when I am out at work. I'm a bit clumsy.”

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