"To ask a novelist to talk about his novels is like asking somebody to cook about their dancing."

-- Jim Crace

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“Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her.”
“Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.”

Source : Giuseppe Mazzini (1872). “Joseph Mazzini His Life, Writings, and Political Principles”, p.92
“Heaven will ask things of you at some point, perhaps small things at first. You must be ready.”
“We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that our spiritual practice is not about accomplishing anything - not about winning or losing - but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. That is what we are doing when we sit down to meditate. That attitude spreads into the rest of our lives.”
“Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it.”
“In the blackest of your moments, wait with no fear.”
“The only advantage to wearing glasses is that you can do that dramatic removal.”
“Three-quarters of a soldier's life is spent in aimlessly waiting about.”

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