"One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that."

-- Peter Carey

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“For a God that created everything, it is mystifying why he created so much competition.”

Source : Trevor Treharne (2012). “How to Prove God Does Not Exist: The Complete Guide to Validating Atheism”, p.249, Universal-Publishers
“When things are baffling they usually don't unbaffle themselves.There's just, you know, a certain amount of baffling stuff that always, like, really baffles you, and I've found that it's best to accept bafflement whenever it comes along, and then move on.”
“The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a secret that has to be rediscovered over and over again.”
“Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.”
“The 3-minute mile goal is to teach runners that the impossible is where goals should be set.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“If you see a thing that looks like a cross between a flying lobster and the figure of Abraxas on a Gnostic gem, do not pay it the least attention, never mind where it is; just keep quiet and hope it will go away - for that's your best chance; you have none in a stand-up fight with a good thorough-going African insect.”

Source : Mary Kingsley (2013). “West African Studies”, p.9, Routledge
“I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself.”
“Experiences aren't given to us to be 'got over,' otherwise they would hardly be experiences.”

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