"Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear."

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Seamus Heaney

#Strange Quotes

“I would say that by being irresponsibly disorganized, by saying yes to everything and then seeing how it all works out, that I end up in some place closer to where I had imagined I would be, before I started to study philosophy, than I would ever be had I followed through in any sort of responsible way, and become the professor of philosophy that I shudder to think I might potentially have become.”
“Kenya, being a third world country, from a young age your eyes are open to the real world. I'd like to think growing up there taught me to stand on my own two feet, make my own decisions about what I wanted to be.”
“What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?”

Source : Jonathan Lethem (2004). “The Fortress of Solitude”, p.490, Vintage
“Find where God is and get behind what Heâ€™s doing. He always winsâ€¦”
“You are what you think about all day.”
“Honestly, Ive been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.”
“When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.”
“Moscow, breathing fire like a human volcano with its smouldering lava of passion, ambition and politics, its hurly-burly of meetings and entertainment.... Moscow seethes and bubbles and gasps for air. It's always thirsting for something new...”

Source : "Twenty Letters to a Friend: A Memoir".

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