"When you close the book, does the story end? No! That's such a bland way to read. Every story goes on forever in our imaginations, and its characters live on."

-- Mizuki Nomura

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This is the most important decision any President or any Senator must make, and it deserves vigorous debate”
“Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do.”
“I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.”

Source : Harlan Ellison (2014). “Paingod: And Other Delusions”, p.36, Open Road Media
“If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.”
“Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.”
“We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.”
“All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been given to humanity by men who, when the hour came, turned from tap water to something with color in it, and more in it than mere oxygen and hydrogen.”
“I think there comes a time in every persons life where they just need to go to the darkest, most dismal place.”

Source : "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

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