"Metaphysics notwithstanding, I also insert myself in my fictions for no loftier purpose than to give me pleasure: to see myself performing onstage."

-- Norman Lock

#Giving Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by a proto-hegemon that will in turn lose its position. It is this dizzying cycle that keeps humanity chasing the tail it lost millennia ago”

Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan
“Here`s what I`m curious about. For the president of Mexico, this man, Donald Trump, is, it`s probably not an understatement to say, despised by many Mexicans.”
“U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.”
“My lover asks me: â€œWhat is the difference between me and the sky?â€ The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky”
“A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.”
“Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.”

Source : John Scalzi (2014). “Old Man's War Boxed Set I”, p.182, Macmillan
“Hillary Clinton's record in office is dreadful. Her ideas are dreadful. They will make us less safe. So, but there is no way I'm going to vote for a guy who is just totally uninformed, un-presidential as Donald Trump is.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“Keep your brain active. Engage your brain. Your brain is the most fantastic machine ever created, and it needs to be exercised.”

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