"London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member."

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Source : Alec Waugh (2011). “The Sugar Islands: A Collection of Pieces Written About the West Indies Between 1928 and 1953”, p.208, A&C Black

Alec Waugh

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“What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached?”

Source : David F. Wells (2008). “The Courage to Be Protestant: Truth-lovers, Marketers, and Emergents in the Postmodern World”, p.55, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.”
“Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours.”
“Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.”

Source : The Velveteen Rabbit (1922)
“I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to live.”
“Do the atheists in Wisconsin realize they're going to Hell? Did you ask them that?”
“We [ Paverment] were definitely unafraid of playing wrong notes and singing wrong things. We could be fearlessly bad!”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli in Florence. It's a dream that won't come true.”

Source : Anne Higonnet, Berthe Morisot (1995). “Berthe Morisot”, p.199, Univ of California Press

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