"This is how most people live: alive, but not conscious; conscious but not aware; aware, but intermittently."

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Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

Sebastian Faulks

#People Quotes #Alive Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“What is the key to life on Earth?”

Source : "Fictional character: Master". "Ambition", www.imdb.com. 2014.
“In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and Stalin's anti- Semitism, but the British never faced their own complicity in its construction.”
“You just have to choose which wrong choice feels the least wrong.”
“Our attention span is shot. We've all got Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD or OCD or one of these disorders with three letters because we don't have the time or patience to pronounce the entire disorder. That should be a disorder right there, TBD - Too Busy Disorder.”
“The best thing about serial drama - especially about screwball comedy - is blocked love.”

Source : Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. February 1, 2013.
“The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle extended out front it meant that wherever the rabbit went the chariot had to follow.”
“the majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore.”

Source : Ethel Smyth (1922). “Streaks of life”
“I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.”

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