"Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name."

-- Brian Aldiss

#Pride Quotes #Reality Quotes #Names Quotes

“The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.”
“After doing psychology for half a century, my passion for all of it is greater than ever.”
“I came up to New York at 20 with a suitcase and a ceramic tiger. That was my one piece of furniture and I wanted to save it.”
“For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.”
“Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.”

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“The quality of the thought that a person has got inside and sought from outside is likely to decide the quality of the people that has been brought into his life.”
“I was always told to be a cook in the kitchen, a lady in the parlor and a wh--e in the bedroom.”
“Love is our response to our highest values.”

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