"I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books."

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Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.

George Pelecanos

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Long Quotes

“Happiness is like water. Weâ€™re always trying to grab onto it, but itâ€™s always slipping between our fingers”
“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.”
“I get tired of myself pretty fast.”
“To-day belongs to me, To-morrow who can tell.”
“It's the only way that YOUR life is gonna have any value to you. If you're just living the same life that everybody else is living what's the point?”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the beauty of a combination, and that the combination is prettier by the magnitude of the sacrifices.”

Source : Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (2013). “The Art of Chess Combination”, p.15, Courier Corporation
“Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for self-transformation. It asks us to bring our attention to our breath, which helps us to still the fluctuations of the mind and be more present in the unfolding of each moment.”
“Some people say that compassion is the purest form of love because it neither expects nor demands anything in return.”

Source : Terry Hayes (2014). “I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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