"Do not sanction an absurdity."

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Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis

#Sanctions Quotes #Absurdity Quotes

“Problems always start long before you really, really see them.”

Source : Gillian Flynn (2012). “The Novels of Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects, Dark Places”, p.63, Broadway Books
“You know, I find people with great honesty, bodily, physical honesty, who sit just the way they like to sit, and walk the way they like to walk, and don't come into a room all pumped up, I find them elegant.”

Source : "Alexander Siddig - Discovering the Uncommon Hero". Interview with E. Nina Rothe, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2011.
“There are more people alive today than have everdied. If that's true, and you believe in reincarnation, then thatmeans there are a lot of people walking around without souls...I've met some of them... Haven't you?”
“The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.”
“Your belief that you can do the thing gives your thought forces their power.”
“When life sucks, throw yourself into art.”

Source : Monica Drake (2013). “Clown Girl: A Novel”, p.131, Hawthorne Books
“Every new time will give its law.”
“We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.”

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