"The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us donâ€™t recognize as real."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

#Real Quotes #People Quotes #Special Quotes

“If you're trying to get someone who's sick with a fever off of a submarine and it's cold and raining outside, the only way in and out of a submarine, generally, is through a fairly narrow hatch.”
“The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else.”
“I want a priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister. I want to hedge my bets.”
“Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible.”
“I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.”
“Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.”
“Problems are gifts from heaven to help every one of us to grow but for those who are to grow the most, heaven bestows rejection. Today is not bad just because yesterday seemed better. All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation.”
“This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.”

Source : John Berryman (2014). “The Dream Songs: Poems”, p.168, Macmillan

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