"Sam: â€œYouâ€”you greatly overestimate my self-control.â€ Grace: â€œIâ€™m not looking for self-control."

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Maggie Stiefvater

#Self Quotes #Grace Quotes #Overestimate Quotes

“I like actors who don't have to think too hard about what they have to do to achieve their performance.”
“Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.”
“It comes as second nature to men to sacrifice themselves, and their women to let them do it.”
“The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from the Creator. 4. Write what you will.”

Source : Ted Dekker (2006). “Showdown”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc
“So possible is it for us to roll ourselves up in wickedness, till we grow invulnerable by conscience; and that sentinel, once dozed, sleeps fast, not to be awakened while the tide of pleasure continues to flow or till something dark and dreadful brings us to ourselves again.”
“The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it's okay... you're either free to play, or you're not.”
“It's like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that's what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential.”

Source : "Indie author Scott McClanahan considers art and anecdote through 5 of his favorite books". Interview with Phil McCausland, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.
“Do what you want as long as its paying off for you. But once its become a liability, then something is wrong and you better find out what it is.”

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