"I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society."

-- Joshua Mohr

#Struggle Quotes #Novel Quotes #Persons Quotes

“I'm not fearful by nature, but I am vigilant. When you walk into a prison, it's important that a sixth sense kicks in.”
“Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.”
“Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.”
“I am an adult, but a damaged one.”

Source : S. J. Watson (2011). “Before I Go To Sleep: A Novel”, p.14, Harper Collins
“A cup that is already full cannot have more added to it. In order to receive the further good, we must give of that which we have.”
“Nature was not satisfied by a simple point charge but required a charge with spin.”

Source : "The Story of Spin" by Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, translated by Takeshi Oka, University of Chicago Press, (p. 60), 1997.
“To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a more centered alternative to agitation. Intuition is a neutral from of information that allows you to soberly gauge the validity of your worries. If you tune in and find out they're unfounded, you'll be relieved. If they are founded, you can develop a strategy to deal with them.”
“It took us most of the morning to put together the letter she sent to the Frontier Management Department, and I learned a lot about how to be frigidly polite and still leave somebody feeling like they'd been spanked.”

Source : Patricia C. Wrede (2012). “The Far West”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

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