"Everything is what it is, that's all. If we keep attaching meanings and mysteries to everything we perceive, everything we see that is, and to everything that goes on inside us, we are bound to go crazy sooner or later, I thought."

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Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Correction: A Novel”, p.125, Vintage

Thomas Bernhard

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“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”
“Where do you put your attention? On fear or love? I wish the choice were made just once and not repeated every moment of the day.”

Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners”, p.50, Penguin
“If your personality is negative, it means that you do not have the confidence in God and in yourself that is your birthright.”
“Tomorrow can be a wonderful age.”
“Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.”
“It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too!”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.95, Wave Books
“The whole world has become a crowded theater. You could say something here in New York and have it be heard in Afghanistan and potentially trigger riots and it may be something that to you was innocent or was in jest or was satirical and it's taken out of context. I mean, a joke, a tweet or a blog post can make it halfway around the world before the context gets its boots on.”
“Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism.”

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