"I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human life and relationships could be, in some sort of weird, ideal world, but they never are. So you're constantly being shown this garbage and you can't get there."

-- Charlie Kaufman

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it.”
“The reason people have problems is that they have too much time to think.”
“Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.”
“Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.”
“The first duty of love is to listen.”
“Don't despair for story's future or turn curmudgeonly over the rise of video games or reality TV. The way we experience story will evolve, but as storytelling animals, we will no more give it up than start walking on all fours.”
“The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you're lying in your coffin....Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn't it?”
“There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic for the moment, you are tucking it away in your scrapbook.”

Source : David Benioff (2005). “When the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories”, p.73, Penguin

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