"I distrust speech therapy. Words are the language of lies and evasions. Music cannot lie. Music talks to the heart."

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Source : "Lanark: A Life in Four Books". Book by Alasdair Gray, 1981.

Alasdair Gray

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Speech Quotes

“It's only after the change is fully formed that you can see what's happened.”

Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books
“What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.”

Source : Orison Swett Marden (1997). “Exceptional Employee”, p.114
“I've been experimenting more and more with LN2, liquid nitrogen. I've used it in battle on 'Iron Chef America,' but have also made some great ice creams at home for my family. Since it freezes basically on contact, you can have ice cream ready in mere minutes.”
“So how was it?" she asked. "Kissing Curran?" "I can't let him kiss me again, because if he does, I'll sleep with him." Andrea blinked. "Well," she said finally, "At least you know where you stand.”
“In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others.”

Source : Geoff Ryman (2013). “Paradise Tales: and Other Stories”, p.225, Small Beer Press
“Sex complicates, but it is the power of love to simplify.”

Source : Geoff Ryman (2014). “The Child Garden”, p.64, Hachette UK
“I've been lucky to broadcast some great events and to broadcast the exploits of some great players.”
“We live in two worlds - order and chaos. In the world of order, we plan, reflect, and think about what to do next. In the world of chaos, things happen, we get things done, yet unpredictability persists. In one world, we like to think we are in control. In the other, we mingle together with increasing complexity, conflict, and uncertainty.”

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