"My own approach to literary problems is very like the one Dr. Johnson's blind housekeeper used when she poured tea-she put her finger inside the cup."

-- Flannery O'Connor

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“It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.”
“Children drown, beautiful women are mangled in automobile accidents, cruise ships founder, and men die lingering deaths in mines and submarines, but you will find none of this in my accounts.”
“Of all the sounds that touch my soul these days, the most beautiful one of all is silence.”

Source : Guy de la Valdène, Martell Agency (2012). “Fragrance of Grass”, p.10, Rowman & Littlefield
“By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.”
“Your life is a kind of laboratory where you're constantly experimenting with your own higher knowing, always increasing your capacity to design the life you choose. Human beings must create; it's hardwired. The question is, are you consciously creating or only sleepwalking through your human life?”
“My fans and I have that special connection because whenever we talk on Twitter and Facebook we really have that one on one connection and I feel that's important.”
“I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.”
“I think that 'system think' is a mindset.”

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