"I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself."

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Source : "The Metamorphosis". Book by Franz Kafka, 1915.

Franz Kafka

“Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplest possible things are imaginary.”

Source : "A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form". Book by Paul Lockhart, 2009.
“Some days, a killing spree seems like a good idea.”
“After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“All the ballparks and the big crowds have a certain mystique. You feel attached, permanently wedded to the sounds that ring out, to the fans chanting your name, even when there are only four or five thousand in the stands on a Wednesday afternoon.”
“"I count a lot of things that there's no need to count," Cameron said. "Just because that's the way I am. But I count all the things that need to be counted."”
“My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.”

Source : "Joshua Ferris Interview: Rock Star in the Book Store". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2010.
“I also love lifestyles of the rich and famous and guess what? It`s not unusual for me to sit in bed with my laptop and glass of wine, clicking through real estate slide shows on the New York Times website; looking at ungodly expensive homes I could not ever possibly afford.”
“A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.”

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