"Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my characters, and I have no idea how they are going to play together, and I have certainly no idea how I am going to put manners on them."

-- Colum McCann

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Besides, the only thing you can control in life is your wardrobe. Cars break down when you least expect it. Boats eat money and gas. Your house, your mate, your friends, your family, even your career, are beyond your control. However, you're in total command of what you put on your back each morning.”
“One time I semi-wrecked my uncle's truck. He told me to back it up into a ditch, but my foot slipped and I gunned it a little too much. But now I use one foot, and I do not run into stuff - at least I try not to.”

Source : "RJ Mitte (Walter Jr.)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com.
“Colour is as variable and evanescent in the form of pigment as in visible nature.”
“Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with a gift of tears, Grief with a glass that ran .”
“A lot of people say if you can't love yourself, then you can't love others. It's always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.”
“Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.”
“There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.”
“I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.”

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