"There seemed nothing to do but live."

--

J. M. Coetzee

“This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation to his last breath.”
“The monster likes to talk; he jumps into your head and opens your mouth, making it spout your deepest darkest deceptions. Making you say all the things you'd rather not say, at least not in mixed company." (Ellen Hopkins)”
“The players have to come and play. Today we did.”
“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Aug 07, 2013
“A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.”

Source : Understanding Philosophy ch. 3 (1973)
“By Cunning & Craft is a masterpiece of writing about writing. If, like Scheherazade, you had to spin out a story under threat of death, this is the how-to book to read. It's filled with thoughtful, nuanced advice from a teacher/writer who actually writes, and writes beautifully and with great humor. The list of rejected stories is worth the price of the whole book.”
“Let me just say something that I forgot, I also hoped and this was very true in the beginning - that this would also be a place that people would be able to walk in to the fountain and use it in a nice way of reading and examining the quotations on the blocks.”
“Whoâ€™s afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just donâ€™t know. The gamble of triumph or tragedy at this scale â€” and ultimately it is a gamble â€” demands an extraordinary payoff. The trade center towers could be the start of a new skyscraper age or the biggest tombstones in the world.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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