"We live in the best of worlds. But still, it's like we've lost something on the way to here: a sense of life. I can't know for sure, I might be the only one who's lost it. Maybe everybody else is living the now, thinking they're having it well. Anyhow, that motivated me to write the books."

-- Karl Ove Knausgard

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“But how do you ever know that you know a person?”
“In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.”

Source : "How parents and teens can communicate without strife". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 12, 2010.
“...Stop blaming me, thinking I'm the problem. If you think I'm the problem, then you have to change me. If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.”
“If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hugh M. Hefner from Oct 12, 2015
“The true subject of poetry is the loss of the beloved.”
“A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to accomplish something.”
“The role of metaphysics in relation to other disciplines, whether philosophical or not and including the natural sciences, is thus a foundational role. Lack of clarity in the concepts of metaphysics implies lack of clarity in other disciplines - both theoretical and practical disciplines - employing those concepts or employing concepts that depend on those of metaphysics.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“He is the straight to video sequel to your summer hit movie. He is the verse to that song on the radio you have to hum cause you canâ€™t remember the words. You couldnâ€™t break this kidâ€™s heart, he is so far beyond that. This is the kind of kid who blew out the candles on hope all alone for too many birthdays to remember. And no one has ever fallen in love with anyone with a smile thatâ€™s dripping with â€œplease dieâ€.”

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