"It takes a heap of loafing to write a book."

-- Gertrude Stein

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“You owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.”
“There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning.”
“I am of course a skeptic about the divinity of Christ and a scorner of the notion that there is a God who cares about how we are or what we do. ... Religious skeptics often become very bitter towards the end, as did Mark Twain. ... I know why I will become bitter. I will finally realize that I have had it right all along: that I will not see God, that there is no heaven or Judgement Day.”
“All it takes for a contagious manly culture to form is for one genuine man to live out genuine manhood. It creates a model, something for other men to feed upon and pattern themselves after. It also gives other genuine men a vital connection that sustains and extends who they are.”

Source : Stephen Mansfield (2013). “Mansfield's Book of Manly Men: An Utterly Invigorating Guide to Being Your Most Masculine Self”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life.”

Source : "A Season for Slaughter (The War Against the Chtorr, Book 4)". Book by David Gerrold, 1992.
“The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.”
“The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.”
“Not since the digital revolution in the early '90s has technology placed such a comprehensive burden on business, employees and individuals to reinvent their business plans, services and products, and themselves to keep pace with the changing marketplace.”

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