"Resentment slowly poisoned my blood and I laughed at myself and my absurd hopes."

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Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#Blood Quotes #Resentment Quotes #Absurd Quotes

“Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery.”
“How can one know anything at all about people?”
“If it feels like your life has become a nasty, brackish puddle of water, never forget that you do possess the power to transform it into a beautiful, rushing stream that will carry you to enlightenment.”
“If during creative processes the desire for money and fame comes before passion and joy, the chances for a big hit decrease considerably, at least in my experience.”
“Young people are in despair. They want a job, a real job, and we as society are guilty of not offering it.”
“You can't take contradiction away. Part of the fun of it is that the contradiction never really quite goes away.”
“Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.”
“Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.”

Source : Sinclair Lewis (2017). “It Can't Happen Here”, p.203, PublishDrive

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