"In talking about the past, we lie with every breath we draw."

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Source : William Maxwell, Barbara Burkhardt (2012). “Conversations with William Maxwell”, p.15, Univ. Press of Mississippi

William Maxwell

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“I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.”
“If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”
“The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.”

Source : Harold Nicolson (1943). “The Desire to Please: A Story of Hamilton Rowan and the United Irishmen”
“What's the use of saying we're better at baseball than this country? We all play together. I'm playing with Venezuelans and Dominicans right now. We all play together, so what's up with saying our country is better than your country? It's stupid. I don't like it.”
“Leadership is a dare - and the dare is, 'Are you willing to show up?'”
“And, what we've allowed ourselves to become - and this is part of Chris' ideas - is complacent, in allowing our lives to be taken over, or at least in allowing that kind of scrutiny into our lives. We've given up a little bit of that, and this is the existential nightmare of all of that. What happens when you suddenly find out that people have been watching you, with a purpose?”
“I do stay busy. I like new challenges.”
“What if thou be saint or sinner, Crooked gray-beard, straight beginner,-- Empty paunch, or jolly dinner, When Death thee shall call. All like are rich or richer, King with crown, and cross-legged stitcher, When the grave hides all.”

Source : RICHARD WATSON GILDER (1885). “LYRICS AND OTHER POEMS,”

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