"Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Self Quotes #Profound Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Doing something because God has said to do it does not make a person moral: it merely tells us that person is a prudential believer, akin to the person who obeys the command of an all-powerful secular king.”
“I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?”
“In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light.”
“But tales like this must not be taken as truth. You must remind yourself that it is hard to tell where truth ends and a lie begins. So listen all you like, but disbelieve all you hear... You are in the city of lies.”

Source : Arlene J. Chai (2011). “Eating Fire and Drinking Water”, p.419, Ballantine Books
“There are like twenty people in that waiting room right now. Some of them are related to you. Some of them are not. But we're all your family.' "She stops now. Leans over me so that the wisps of her hair tickle my face. She kisses me on the forehead. 'You still have a family,' she whispers.”
“It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.”
“I've always loved fashion so much and I didn't have access to the kind of fashion I really wanted, so I would do vintage shopping.”

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