"All your life spent getting ready for the next thing. I climbed a lot of hills now. I crossed a lot of rivers. Crossed the sea even, left everything I knew and came to Styria. But there I was, waiting for me at the docks when I got off the boat, same man, same life. Next valley ain't no different from this one. No better anyway. Reckon I've learned ... just to stick in the place I'm at. Just to be the man I am."

-- Joe Abercrombie

#Men Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Transformed people transform people.”
“I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that delving into that shadow world produces good work, I'm all for it. But I think you have to be able to step back from the work, and say, "Look how miserable I felt. Look how beautifully I wrote about it. Now I'm going to get an iced coffee and chat with a friend." Writing should be a way out of despair.”

Source : Source: andreaauten.wordpress.com
“The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.”
“I'm 100% better with a little bit of controlled chaos. I just know if I have three things to do, or nine things to do, I'm just better at them if I have nine.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com
“A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really, except cry.”
“I want you to be nice...until it's time to not be nice.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dalton". "Road House", www.imdb.com. 1989.
“We live not in the world outside, but in a world inside ourselves.”
“Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.”

Source : "Fernando Alonso: 'My father was right – Ferrari gives you a special feeling'". www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.

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