"I did not want to write, but I had to resign myself to it in the end."

-- Samuel Beckett

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“For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.”

Source : Ernest Vincent Wright (2014). “Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E"”, p.55, WETZEL PUBLISHING CO., INC.
“The good point is when you combine excitement and calm together.”
“I confess I could never see any good reason why dirt should always be a necessary concomitant of poverty.”
“When we think of God, we are apt to think of Him in human form. In the Epiphanies of the Old Testament God revealed Himself to Joshua and others in human form. He puts Himself within the compass of our highest conception, in order that He may make Himself real to us in His love and sympathy and power.”
“Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me." "Do you mean you want a secretary or something?" "No, I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool.”
“Debt means you had more fun than you were supposed to.”
“Success also requires the courage to risk disapproval. Most independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with disapproval, and ranging from skepticism and ridicule to violent outrage. To persevere in anything exceptional requires inner strength and the unshakable conviction that you are right.”
“Good morning! What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.”

Source : "Woodstock", www.imdb.com. 1970.

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