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Susanna Clarke

"But when the fairy sang the whole world listened to him. Stephen felt clouds pause in their passing; he felt sleeping hills shift and murmur; he felt cold mists dance. He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands. In the fairyâ€™s song the earth recognized the names by which it called itself."

Source : Susanna Clarke, Portia Rosenberg (2005). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.604, A&C Black

Susanna Clarke

#Song Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Names Quotes

“It was like their lives were overlapping lines, like they had their own gravity. Usually, that serendipity thing felt like the nicest thing the universe had ever done for her.”
“I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.”
“What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.”

Source : Jim Thompson (2014). “Murder at the Bijou”, p.43, BookBaby
“Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It doesn't have the ability to think rationally this economic model. It thinks like a drug addict: 'Where can I get my next fix?' It doesn't learn wisely. Any kind of measure of natural wisdom would be: you make a mistake, you correct it the next time around. But a drug addict feels terrible... and then says: 'I want more'. Unfortunately we have an economic model that thinks like a crack addict.”
“To the extent that your work takes into account the needs of the world, it will be menaingful; to the extent that through it you express your unique talents, it will be joyful.”

Source : Laurence G. Boldt (2004). “How to Find the Work You Love”, p.22, Penguin
“In these gaudy times, we think we will shortly reach the point where everything is known, but the fact is we are ignoring the essential, which is love of all living things, of all beauty both visible and hidden.”
“Art is expression; what is expressed is often the vision of a subtle and powerful soul, and also his experience with his vision; and however vivid and skilful he may be in the means of expression, yet it is frequently found that the master-spell in his work is something felt to be indefinable and inexpressible.”

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