"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat."

-- John Lehman

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“It is because I dove into the abyss that I am beginning to love the abyss I am made of.”

Source : Clarice Lispector (1988). “The Passion According to G.H.”, p.139, U of Minnesota Press
“Remember who you are. Don't compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.”
“One of the servants had reported that Daisy had been sneaking around the house at night, deliberately tripping all the traps to keep the mice from being killed. â€œIs this true, daughter?â€ Thomas Bowman had rumbled, his gaze filled with ire as he stared at Daisy. â€œIt could be,â€ she had allowed. â€œBut there is another explanation.â€ â€œAnd what is that?â€ Bowman had asked sourly. Her tone turned congratulatory. â€œI think we are hosting the most intelligent mice in New York!”
“Nobody's going to write a book about me, because nobody's going to find anything worth writing a book about.”
“The Christian is a [person] of joy... A gloomy Christian is a contradiction of terms, and nothing in all religious history has done Christianity more harm than its connection with black clothes and long faces.”
“Brit Marling smartest girl I've ever met. Hands down. Brilliant. Her story? She had a graduate degree from a top tier school and turned down a job with some big company. She went to LA, said she was going to be an actress. She wasn't getting auditions, so she started writing her own films.”
“The first and indispensable requisite of happiness is a clear conscience.”
“Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge is never ending perfection is impossible, it could always be different, better, or worse. It's not important, just process and striving to be like the man who walks the trapeze maintaining balance.”

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