"With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well."

-- Dashiell Hammett

#Dope Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?”
“You must have something new in a landscape as well as something old, something that's dying and something that's being born.”

Source : "Searching for the Window Into Nature's Soul". Smithsonian magazine, February 1997.
“Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.”
“A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?" The answer, of course, is that we didn't decide anything. It was decided for us. I firmly believe that mythical godmothers make appearances at our cradles, and bestow their gifts. The godmother who might have blessed me with a singing voice did not show up; the goddess of dance was nowhere in sight; the chef-to-the-angels was otherwise engaged. Only one made the journey to my cradle, and she whispered, "You will be a storyteller."”
“Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.”
“An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.”

Source : FaceBook post by Tasha Alexander from Oct 04, 2013
“I have a necklace around my neck that my lady gave me, so I try never to leave home without that.”
“There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.”

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