"On that night I was left with only the truth that nothing of our personality survives after death, that in the end all that was Misha Vainberg would evaporate along with the styles and delusions of his epoch, leaving behind not one flutter of his sad heavy brilliance, not one damp spot around which his successors could congregate to appreciate his life and times."

-- Gary Shteyngart

#Night Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Personality Quotes

“Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I did not to react to them at all. Once you start thinking about these things during the game, even analysing them, you're caught.”
“Wherever that man went, he went gratefully.”
“I got stuck up a tree when I was about seven, and my dad had to come and get the ladder to get me down. I loved to climb all the way up to the top. I must have been a koala in my past life.”
“What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont.”
“Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.”
“On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.”
“There are so many quirky characters, its easy to fall in love with any number of the characters on The Carrie Diaries.”

Source : "'The Carrie Diaries' Brendan Dooling On The Challenges Of Playing A Gay Teen In The '80s". Interview with Louis Peitzman, www.buzzfeed.com. April 4, 2013.
“It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.”

Source : John Guare (1978). “Landscape of the Body”, Grove/Atlantic

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