"Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives."

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Source : Ian McDonald (2007). “Brasyl”

Ian McDonald

#Lying Quotes #Fake Quotes #Deception Quotes

“The primary reward of the gospel - God himself”
“Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.”

Source : "Sidney Sheldon's guide to success", www.cnn.com. October 19, 2000.
“It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence at a time, to live every day as if it were my last and judge it in those terms, often badly, not because it lacked grand gesture or grand passion but because it failed in the daily virtues of self-discipline, kindness, and laughter. It is love, very ordinary, human love, and not fear, which is the good teacher and the wisest judge.”
“I spend a lot of time in Chicago. A lot of Canadians. I can bring them to different parts of Chicago, drop them off at 11'o clock at night and there's a good chance you might not see that person again.”

Source : Source: www.citynews.ca
“The sacrifice of personal existence is necessary to secure the preservation of the species.”
“The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.”
“When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.”
“I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 oclock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up around 9 oclock.”

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