"Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed."

-- Leo Rosten

#Mean Quotes #Writing Quotes #Self Quotes

“With a sound like a bat hitting a watermelon, pirate fist connected with pirate jaw and a gold tooth bounced across the deck.”

Source : Gideon Defoe (2010). “The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab”, p.12, Vintage
“It may be enough to study history in all its nuance and ambiguity for its own sake. But there is no country free of the need to find new ways of reading the past as an inspiring way of thinking about everything else, including the present.”
“If there were 1,000 ways to God we would want 1,001.”
“Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules?”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 04, 2015
“Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.”
“My favorite part about going to the gym used to be leaving.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.”
“The goal is to learn to be nurturing with yourself so you can feel free.”

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