"I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority."

-- Peter Matthiessen

#Inferiority Quotes #Fiction And Nonfiction Quotes #Used Quotes

“It's weird people think my kids will be in therapy because of their names. Guys, my kids will be therapy for LOTS of reasons, I'm sure.”
“When I grow up, I still want to be a director.”
“Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.”

Source : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2009). “Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus”, p.127, The Floating Press
“Good government has to mean less government.”
“The biggest ego trip going is getting rid of your ego”
“Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.”

Source : Stanislav Grof (2000). “Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research”, p.267, SUNY Press
“It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.”
“If I live, I mean to spend the rest of my life working for perpetual peace. I have seen war and faced artillery and know what an outrage it is against simple men.”

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