"The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another."

-- John Cheever

#Men Quotes #Organization Quotes #Perfection Quotes

“One remembers horrors, I think, for the rest of one's life, but memories do not always remain so sharp, and with time, and new circumstance, do not affect us so powerfully.”

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2006). “The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy: A Novel”, p.333, Simon and Schuster
“There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?”
“I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.”

Source : Scholastic Interview, www.scholastic.com.
“You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.”
“When you are absolutely, positively sure you know all there is to know about anything, you're as far from the truth as you will ever be...”
“Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.”
“I don't really feel famous. I'm just an internet guy. I walk down the street and people don't really mess with me too much. I still have my life.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.”

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