"There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years."

-- Richard Bach

#Years Quotes #Rewards Quotes

“I have stopped sleeping inside. A house is too small, too confining. I want the whole world, and the stars too.”
“The more we idealize the past and refuse to acknowledge our childhood sufferings, the more we pass them on unconsciously to the next generation.”

Source : Alice Miller (2002). “For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence”, p.19, Macmillan
“Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the creative process something like eavesdropping at a party for which you've had the fun of drawing up the guest list. Loneliness usually doesn't set in until the work is finished, and all the partygoers and their imagined universe have disappeared.”
“All I want to know is where Iâ€™m going to die, so Iâ€™ll never go there”
“Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted on the fingers of one hand.”
“One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.”
“God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life.”
“Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.”

Source : Neal Shusterman (2012). “Downsiders”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

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