"If the world is a book, are you the hero, or just a walk-on part?"

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Source : K. J. Parker (2011). “The Hammer”, p.90, Hachette UK

K.J. Parker

#Book Quotes #Hero Quotes #World Quotes

“Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is a high training of the soul, essential to the soul's growth, to its unfoldment.”
“A couple of girls I've signed autographs for have just cried or broken out into tears.”

Source : "Seventeen Gets the Scoop from Twilight's Chaske Spencer!". Interview with Seventeen, www.seventeen.com. August 13, 2009.
“The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your mind and see it before it happens. It's about addiction, really, about knowing how it's all going to end up. In that sense, you're watching a movie of yourself all the time - and then you want out of that movie.”
“There's nothing good about being my age.”

Source : "Judi Dench Gets (Very) Candid About Aging: 'I'd Rather Be Young and Know Nothing'" by Simon Perry, people.com. March 05, 2015.
“The soul, which is the first principle of life, is not a body, but the act of a body; just as heat, which is the principle of calefaction, is not a body, but an act of a body.”
“It's me who is my enemy Me who beats me up Me who makes the monsters Me who strips my confidence.”

Source : Song: Me, Album: This Fire, 1996
“All intervening steps, scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work models, studies thoughts, conversations, are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist are sometimes more interesting than the final product”

Source : Sol LeWitt (1995). “Sol Lewitt: critical texts”, Power House Books
“No movie becomes a hit without good reviews and word-of-mouth. No agency ever became a great brand by merely saying it was great - in advertising or by any other medium.”

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