"A great and frequent error in our judgment of human nature is to suppose that those sentiments and feelings have no existence, which may be only for a time concealed. The precious metals are not found at the surface of the earth, except in sandy places."

-- Arthur Helps

#Character Quotes #Errors Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“But to make the intangible tangible, to pick the emotion out of the air and make it true for others, is both the blessing and the curse of the writer, for the thing between book covers is never as beautiful as the thing he imagined.”
“Even if you are angry and you have reason to be angry, that doesn't give you license to be cruel. We have to take responsibility for ourselves and the way we act.”

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“There's no point in dwelling on rejection.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.”
“I become kind of obsessive about research.”
“When youâ€™re living in the moment, youâ€™re living in the moment; whatever that moment is, thatâ€™s your reality. Everything else is a myth.”
“Families are like countries. They have their own language and jokes and secrets and assumptions about the right and wrong ways of doing things, and some of that always shows in the children, the way something of Germany or Australia always shows in a German or an Australian, no matter where they go. Outsiders like it or they don't, they feel at home there or they don't. It's like the taste of cilantro.”

Source : Roland Merullo (2009). “A Little Love Story: A Novel”, p.96, Vintage
“It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight.”

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