"I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side."

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Manuel Puig

#Decision Quotes #Literature Quotes #Sides Quotes

“We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.”
“Unless God's Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.”
“You notice. And noticing, you live.”

Source : John Graves (2016). “From a Limestone Ledge: Some Essays and Other Ruminations about Country Life in Texas”, p.163, University of Texas Press
“As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the writer is 'hot', an invisible wall seems to fall away, and the writer moves easily and surely from one kind of reality to another... Every writer has experienced at least moments of this strange, magical state. Reading student fiction one can spot at once where the power turns on and where it turns off, where the writer writes from 'inspiration' or deep, flowing vision, and where he had to struggle along on mere intellect.”
“Regulators are in the best position to regulate when they are intimately knowledgeable about the activities they are regulating.”
“Jim Bakker came along. He said, Jessica Hahn, listen. You're a virgin. As God as my witness. He said, We need a girl that we can trust.”
“I don't think about going back to the theater.”
“I didn't make it to where I am today because of the support, more so because of the lack of it.”

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