"I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true."

-- Michael Connelly

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.”
“Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.”

Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “Atlantic Essays”, p.84
“In the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.”

Source : John Adams' Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 4, 1797.
“I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.”

Source : Lloyd Alexander (2007). “The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio”, p.132, Macmillan
“The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.”
“Hyun Joong hyung listens to music so loud that the neighbors are telling us to move out.”
“Learning to celebrate joy is one of the great practices of the spiritual life.”
“For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably one of the worst public speakers. I try to avoid it, but there are times when it's just too rude not to do it. But there really isn't a moment that's not embarrassing for me if I'm going to stand up in front of a crowd.”

Source : "Interview With “Kyle XY” Actress Jaimie Alexander". Interview with Linda Craddock, www.sliceofscifi.com. January 17, 2008.

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