"Look at Picasso. Oâ€™Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to do powerful work."

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Marisha Pessl

#Powerful Quotes #Sunshine Quotes #People Quotes

“Just in case the world ends tomorrow," she said. "We might as well enjoy today.”

Source : Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The myths die hard, especially within the Mafia.”
“Who can be sure that Jean Valjean had not been on the verge of losing heart and giving up the struggle? In loving he recovered his strength. But the truth is that he was no less vulnerable than Cosette. He protected her and she sustained him. Thanks to him she could go forward into life, and thanks to her he could continue virtous. He was the child's support and she his mainstay. Sublime, unfathomable marvel of the balance of destiny!”
“Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.”
“Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs.”

Source : William Boyd (2013). “The Blue Afternoon”, p.114, Penguin UK
“I often sit back and think, I wish I'd done that, and find out later that I already have.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Michael Flynn is a very controversial figure for a variety of reasons.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“In the sea of words, the in print is foam, surf bubbles riding the top. And it's a dark sea, and deep, where divers need lights on their helmets and would perish at the lower depths.”

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