"If you ever loved anything in your life, try to remember it. If you ever betrayed anything, pretend for a moment that you have been forgiven. If you ever feared anything, pretend for an instant that those days are gone and will never return. Buy the lie and hold to it for as long as you can. Press your familiar, whatever its name, to your breast and stroke it till it purrs."

-- Roger Zelazny

#Lying Quotes #Names Quotes #Long Quotes

“Every human being is an artist”
“A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.”
“I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.”
“[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.”
“The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.”
“Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.”
“I can talk to you all day. I just might not say anything though.”
“I actually think history doesn't repeat itself. There are recurrent themes, but they're repeated with variations. Each time there's an immigration crisis, a threat from outside which is met with inhospitable wall building, it's different. And I think it's helpful to notice the big patterns in history, but it's also important to pay attention to the details, which makes each situation distinct from another.”

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