"But whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither."

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Source : Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust”, p.89, New Directions Publishing

Nathanael West

“Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me.”

Source : "Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper". Book by Bryan Magee, 1997.
“I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldnâ€™t keep up.”
“The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people.”
“Weâ€™re all women. We all have the same wonderful situations happen to us, the same horrific situations. We all get our hearts broken.”
“Some like to start from the inside and then go to the outside. I'm the other type of actor. First, I have to know how my character looks, how he walks, how he drives, how he eats.”
“It's feeling the sense of responsibility, the sense of ownership, to step in, to try to solve any problem - and the humility to step back and embrace the better ideas of others. Your end goal, is what can we do together to problem-solve. I've contributed my piece, and then I step back.”
“Cats ... are like four-legged poster children for OCD.”
“I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense.”

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