"Many of you have already found out, and others will find out in the course of their lives, that truth eludes us if we do not concentrate our attention totally on it's pursuit. But even while it eludes us, the illusion of knowing it still lingers and leads to many misunderstandings. Also, truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#Knowing Quotes #Elude Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was comfortable, and you dared to move,' those jade eyes said. 'For that you must die.' When it became apparent to the cat that its two or three pounds of mass were insufficient to break Locke's neck with one mighty snap, it put its paws on his shoulders and began sharing its drool-covered nose with his lips. He recoiled.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.387, Del Rey
“I have written a great many stories and I still don't know how to go about it except to write it and take my chances.”
“I don't want to be nice. Nice girls can only get what they're offered.”
“Are the angels of her bed the angels who come near me alone in mine? Are the green trees in her window the color is see in ripe plums? If she always sees backward and upside down without knowing it what chance do we have? I am haunted by the feeling that she is saying melting lords of death, avalanches, rivers and moments of passing through, And I am replying, "Yes, yes. Shoes and pudding.”

Source : Jack Gilbert (2012). “Collected Poems”, p.218, Knopf
“The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.”
“I can remember only a small handful of instances in which I talked about politics with my parents. I remember my parents telling me that Daniel Ellsberg was a hero when I was six years old.”

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“The glass of your life is darkened, and darkly through it you see distorted and ghastly fragments of duty and destiny.”

Source : George Arnold (1866). “Drift: A Sea-shore Idyl : and Other Poems”, p.45
“I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.”

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