"The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture."

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Source : Susan Choi (2014). “American Woman: A Novel”, p.4, Harper Collins

Susan Choi

#Gestures Quotes #Shocking Quotes #Habitual Quotes

“I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.”
“I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.”
“It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales. I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton ... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.”
“Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light. Solitude will transmit the message better than the murmurs of crowds.”

Source : "Leaves Of Morya's Garden". Book by Nicholas Roerich, Book II : Illumination, Ch. VII, 1925.
“Those who love others grandly are those who love themselves grandly. Those who have a high toleration and acceptance of others are those who have a high toleration and acceptance of themselves. You cannot show another a part of you that you cannot show yourself. Therefore, begin where all growth, where all evolution, where all love must begin; with the person in the mirror.”
“Sometimes from this hillside just after sunset The rim of the sky takes on a tinge Of the palest green, like the flesh of a cucumber When you peel it carefully.”
“We have to admire the world for not ending on us.”

Source : Colum McCann (2013). “TransAtlantic: A Novel”, p.281, Random House
“There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world. I have to say that I think for the large part, I would have to decide to describe them as crack pots. It makes no sense whatsoever, and isn't true, and won't be true, and to raise it as a serious issue seems to me to be irresponsible.”

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