"The worst pain in our lives comes from the mistakes we refuse to acknowledge--the things we've done that are so our of harmony with who we are that we can't bear to look at them."

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Source : John Verdon (2010). “Think of a Number (Dave Gurney, No. 1)”, p.102, Broadway Books

John Verdon

#Pain Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.”
“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.”
“The stones of a river start out rough, but with the current continually bumping and polishing them, they end up being beautiful.”
“You have a right to be treated professionally at work, and it's your supervisor's job to make sure all their employees can perform their duties comfortably and safely.”
“I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, â€œWell, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.â€ I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.”
“In some ways, Valiant Gentlemen grows out of Tales of the New World, my collection of short stories about explorers who lived "great" lives, but whose experience of it was in the same register as all our lives are - we feel the same extent of human emotion regardless of how exceptional our actions are: nothing is more exceptional than one's own life.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I can only be as good as [the audience members] at acknowledging and owning the information that's coming through ... and sometimes, nobody comes through.... One of the things that I've learned is that I am not an operator and I can't dial direct, ... and even if I do make the connection with the person they want to hear from, there's no guarantee that they're going to come through and tell them what they want to hear.”
“My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.”

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