"One cannot demand that anybody be a hero, though one can hope for it."

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Dwight Macdonald

#Hero Quotes #Demand Quotes

“Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.”
“Inviting people to inquiry is much more powerful to me than describing my experience. When people hear me tell the story, they often say, "Oh my goodness, I get it. I get it!" But it's not enough.”
“I was so mad at my agent. I had polished and polished and polished [the play], and he referred to it as a draft. I wrote him a bitter letter: How can you call this a draft? I don't do drafts! By now I've done 18, and its turning, in the rehearsal room, into a 19th.”
“I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the worldâ€™s muteness.”

Source : Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1960). “Invitation to a beheading: a novel”, Putnam Adult
“I...have been in that weird state between dreaming and waking, where dreams could be memories and the real world could be a dream.”
“I know. That sounds like a lie. But Presbyterians know that every so often a lie isn't all that bad, and I figured that this was about the best place it could happen.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.82, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I always enjoy animal acts.”
“[On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to take home.”

Source : Mary Jo Putney (2000). “The burning point”

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