"Expecting hell, we're ill prepared for heaven."

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Source : Shalom Auslander (2012). “Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel”, p.211, Penguin

Shalom Auslander

#Heaven Quotes #Hell Quotes #Expecting Quotes

“Real liberation comes not from glossing over or repressing painful states of feeling, but only from experiencing them to the full.”
“Sometime during your lifeâ€”in fact, very soonâ€”you may find yourself reading a book, and you may notice that a bookâ€™s first sentence can often tell you what sort of story your book contains.”
“Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.”
“The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of art does not appeal to the intellect. It does not appeal to the moral sense. Its aim is to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.”

Source : George Inness, Nicolai Cikovsky, Michael Quick, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (1985). “George Inness”, HarperCollins
“I feel thereâ€™s no need to overstate.”
“I get really frustrated with people who turn their noses up at talent shows like 'The Voice' and 'X-Factor.'”
“The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'”
“Get a grip, get a life, and get over it.”

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