Quotes
Authors
Zelig Pliskin
"A master of happiness will appreciate what he or she has while they have them and the moment any specific thing is gone or lost, the focus will be on other things to appreciate and be grateful for. At times, this could be gratitude for the memories that remain. Material and physical objects are temporary, memories are forever." --
Source : Zelig Pliskin (1999). “Happiness: Formulas, Stories, and Insights”, p.229, Mesorah Publications
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“Only the magic and the dream are true — all the rest's a lie.”
Source : Jean Rhys (2001). “Wide Sargasso Sea”, Gardners Books
“I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick.”
“Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!”
“If newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide something should or should not be broadcast because of Washington or Main Street consequences, we have dishonored ourselves and we have lost the First Amendment by default.”
“I have always followed the most passionate course.”
“Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.”
“There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.”
“Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.”
Source : "Javier Marías, The Art of Fiction No. 190". Interview with Sarah Fay in "The Paris Review", Issue 179, www.theparisreview.org. Winter 2006.