"On opening sentences: "If in the first chapter a hurricane is going to blow down an oak tree which falls through the kitchen roof, there's no need to first describe the kitchen.""

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James Thayer

#Fall Quotes #Writing Quotes #Blow Quotes

“He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.”
“Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.”
“There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.”
“Nobody acts purely selfishly.”
“Passing out while you try to kill yourself is like failing at failing.”

Source : "How to kill yourself like a man" by Maddox, www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net.
“If there were a button I could press, I would sacrifice myself without hesitating, if it meant millions of people would die.”
“It's monstrous that Europe, which is fighting for human rights, refused seriously sick Slobodan Milosevic treatment.”
“I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances.”

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