"All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction."

-- Steve Almond

#Lying Quotes #Reading Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“I had a really great experience so far with film acting. And most experiences from most actors, I've heard, are not like this. But I want a career that has many disciplines and many options.”
“What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.”
“I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.”
“Taxicabs might seem like a luxury item, and given the profound needs of so many disabled people in New York, why would we bother with taxis? I contend that even if you need a taxi once a year - there are times when you need a taxi.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.”

Source : Howard Thurman (1985). “The Mood of Christmas”
“We all live under the constant threat of our own annihilation. Only by the most outrageous violation of ourselves have we achieved our capacity to live in relative adjustment to a civilization apparently driven to its own destruction.”
“There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage.”
“Only a fool walks into the future backwards.”

Source : Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone Of Tears”, p.17, Head of Zeus

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