"According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice."

-- Melina Marchetta

#Character Quotes #Writing Quotes #Self Quotes

“I can make your tears fall down like the showers that are British.”
“The greatest luxury is being free.”
“Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.”
“When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.”
“If you are rigorous in your own R&D in whatever your area is, you do your own testing, and you really stress-test the thing that you do, I think that gives you a tremendous amount of inner fortitude when you come up against the monolith.”
“The nearest approach to the infallible in literary judgment is represented in the colossal work of the teacher of all these three [Edmund Gosse, Edward Dowden and George Saintsbury], the greatest critic that ever lived - not an Englishman, but a Frenchman, the wonderful Sainte-Beuve.”
“I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.”
“If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?”

Source : Song: Over the Rainbow

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