"â€¦how monstrous the people you loved could be."

--

Marisha Pessl

“It's not unlikely that God would lie that would be a matter of probability. It is impossible for God to lie.”
“I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because theyre the ones who have the complete vision. They see things through from the beginning to the end. Im responsible for one small part, so my scope is much more limited than theirs.”
“When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but respect it.”
“Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.”
“I've always written songs from a sad place. I can't think of one good song that I have written in a happy place. I was saying I was kinda bummed because I've been sorta chasing the girl I've been in love with for years and years and we're finally together now, and I'm like super happy for months and months and months. And my girlfriend asks, "Why haven't you written a song for me?"And I don't know how to tell her "Because it's just too good."”
“When a grown man is chasing you around a building or running through the hotel and trying to jump in your elevator, oh man, I can't even see it. What excitement can you possibly get from having my autograph besides selling it?”
“You must avoid the investigation trap. You can't postpone tough decisions by studying them to death.”
“Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.”

Source : John (of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres) (1979). “Policraticus: the statesman's book”, Frederick Ungar

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