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John Connolly

"I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I know it seems like a contradiction in terms; after all reading is such a solitary, internalizing act that it appears to represent a disengagement from day-to-day life. But reading, and particularly the reading of fiction, encourages us to view the world in new and challenging ways...It allows us to inhabit the consciousness of another which is a precursor to empathy, and empathy is, for me, one of the marks of a decent human being."

Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.345, Simon and Schuster

John Connolly

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“For people sometimes believed that it was safer to live with complaints, was necessary to cooperate with grief, was all right to become an accomplice in self-ambush... Take heart to flat out decide to be well and stride into the future sane and whole.”
“I learned that you should breath it in, breath your life in and enjoy it. Always be optimistic and be nice to people, open to people. Follow your dreams but make sure that you know what your dreams are. If you find something really great, donâ€™t screw it up, donâ€™t mess it up but hang on to it. You never know how and when it ends”
“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.”
“GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND.”

Source : Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper (2002). “Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker”, p.265, Grove Press
“You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that I was gonna be when I grew up and I imagined all of these amazing journeys and amazing people Id meet. Of course, all of it has kind of come to fruition.”
“I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something's going on, somebody's going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go.”
“A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.”
“They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).”

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