"The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction."

-- Tom Wolfe

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“The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.”
“Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.”
“I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.”

Source : Richard Wagner (1994). “Pilgrimage to Beethoven and Other Essays”, p.66, U of Nebraska Press
“Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.”
“Even if there were only two men left in the world and both of them saints they wouldn't be happy. One them would be bound to try and improve the other. That is the nature of things.”

Source : Frank O'Connor (1944). “Crab Apple Jelly: Stories and Tales”
“The law of correspondence says your outer world is a mirror of your inner world. Your outer world corresponds to your inner world. Your outer world of your relationships-especially with your children and spouse-simply corresponds to how you feel about yourself, how you're doing”
“Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the poor visited, the work of piety accomplished?”

Source : Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1845). “Sermons of John-Baptist Massillon, Bishop of Clermon, to which is prefixed the life of the author, from the last London edition”, p.122
“Janetty tried to dive through the window to escape, what an act of cowardice.”

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