"Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow."

-- Nick Hornby

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“Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.”

Source : "Lois Lowry, ‘Son’ And ‘The Giver’ Author, Reflects On Dystopian Novels, Psychopaths And Why Kids Make The Best Audiences". Interview with Lucas Kavner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.
“We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no man was as rich as all men ought to be.”
“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
“I'm influenced by the music of the '60s. It's a mishmash of everything. To me, psychedelic can be all the way to a DJ. House music can be very psychedelic. Flying Lotus is very psychedelic. Even though it's urban and technological, it's also mind-expanding, anything-can-go mishmash.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.”
“Life is nothing but a bet that in the end everyone is doomed to lose. So you'd better get used!”
“But then one is always excited by descriptions of money changing hands. It's much more fundamental than sex.”
“I was at an art museum with my parents, and was quite taken with a [Vincent] Van Gogh painting. I stood admiring the painting for some time, and then realized that in addition to feeling moved by the beauty of the painting, I felt a little jealous of the painter.”

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