"To work our way towards a shared language once again, we must first learn how to discover patterns which are deep, and capable of generating life."

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Source : Christopher Alexander (1979). “The Timeless Way of Building”, p.12, New York : Oxford University Press

Christopher Alexander

#Patterns Quotes #Way Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Life is a lie, and Love a cheat.”

Source : Adah Isaacs Menken (1868). “Infelicia”, p.71
“He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.”
“I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.”
“I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It's very inexpensive to give a compliment.”
“In Scotland I'm just like a lot of other guys, but in America I'm seen as a very strong, masculine guy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Well you can't believe everything you read. After all, by definition, fiction writers lie for a living.”
“Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. What he takes in he takes in normally the way any person takes in experience. But it is what is done with it in his mind, if he is a real writer, that makes his art.”

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