"Style, after all, rather than thought, is the immortal thing in literature."

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Alexander Smith

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“To keep from decaying, to be a winner, the athlete must accept pain - not only accept it, but look for it, live with it, learn not to fear it.”
“I didn't have time to lose it. I didn't have time to lie down in the corner shop and scream and beat the floor until my hands bled. I didn't have time to miss Jack. Stroma kept on chattering away and getting excited over novelty spaghetti shapes and finding the joy in every little thing, and it occurred to me even then that she was probably looking after me, too.”
“Maybe yes, but probably not. At each stage I made what was then the best choice. Having taken that decision, I changed direction and there was no turning back.”
“Philosophy and the arts are but a manifestation of the intelligible ideas that move the public mind; and thus they become visible images of the nations whence they emanate.”
“Finn whispered, "What has a head, thorax, and abdomen, but stands six feet tall?" "A snowman?”
“Marriage is memory, marriage is time.”
“When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.”
“The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a thing, and you know it too, as a gift for judgment. If you have it, you can say anything you like. If you haven't got it, you don't know you haven't got it.”

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