"Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear."

-- Pat Conroy

#Writing Quotes #Agony Quotes #Uniforms Quotes

“Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp)”
“Iâ€™m elated. I guess itâ€™s better late than never. Welcome to the 21st century.Â Itâ€™s fantastic. I love Dior, and Rihanna is very much one of my style icons. Iâ€™m happy they got there in the end.Â I adore her style.Â She loves fashion, sheâ€™s unafraid. She uses her imagination, which is something we should all strive to do.”
“Maybe I was destined to forever fall in love with people I couldnâ€™t have. Maybe thereâ€™s a whole assortment of impossible people waiting for me to find them. Waiting to make me feel the same impossibility over and over again.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home”, p.347, Pan Macmillan
“I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.”
“I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.”
“Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short one. If you spend your life sitting in a cubicle and passing papers, one day is bound to blend unmemorably into the next - and disappear.”

Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.61, Penguin
“I can explain it to you, but I can't comprehend it for you.”

Source : "In 55 Years of Grammys, Only Three Latinos Performed Live" by Felix Sanchez, www.foxnews.com. February 7, 2013.
“We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2015). “Crow Fair: Stories”, p.82, Vintage

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