"I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure."

-- Andrew Vachss

#Faith Quotes #Believe Quotes #Years Quotes

“There's an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me.”
“As recently as the 1970s, the idea that the point of life was to get rich and that governments existed to facilitate this would have been ridiculed: not only by capitalism's traditional critics but also by many of its staunchest defenders.”
“I had plenty of offers to do sponsorships and TV commercials, but it's just not in me. I would love to get that out of me, but I just don't feel comfortable with it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down.”

Source : Bede Jarrett (1945). “The House of Gold: Lenten Sermons”
“It's as if people used the invention of seat belts as an opportunity to take up drunk driving.”

Source : John Lanchester (2010). “I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
“You heard it from the heart, you saw it in their eyes. Then I got used to the fact that I couldn't feel my fingers and my feet. That for me was the essence of the battle.”
“As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.”
“I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy.”

Source : Walter Hilton (1957). “The Ladder of Perfection”

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