"No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing."

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Source : Mario Vargas Llosa (2011). “The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta: A Novel”, p.79, Macmillan

Mario Vargas Llosa

#Despair Quotes #Matter Quotes #Ephemeral Quotes

“It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer before he or she can ruin it.”
“I won't be labeled as average.”
“I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it.”
“But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.”
“The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.”
“The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.”
“As good as chocolate tastes, it sounds that good.”

Source : "Jaden and Willow Smith on Prana Energy, Time and Why School Is Overrated". Interview with Su Wu, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. November 17, 2014.
“We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with government support, is promising - more than promising, I think, it's substantial.”

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