"Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?"

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Source : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.265, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Tom Spanbauer

#Remembered Quotes

“DAISY: I never knew you were such a realist-I thought you were more poetic. Where's your imagination? There are many sides to reality. Choose the one that's best for you. Escape into the world of imagination.”
“If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.”
“If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am naive enough to read incessantly because I cannot, on my own, get to know enough people profoundly enough.”
“We only know God in His works, but we are forced by science to admit and to believe with absolute confidence in a Directive Power-in an influence other than physical, or dynamical, or electrical forces,”
“Stained is about a lonely bookshop keeper, and her past comes back to haunt her. I play a femme fatale, schizophrenic serial killer. They offered me the part and I was like, "I'm just curious why you thought I would be perfect for this role," and the director (Karen Lam) said, "You have this look that, when you're smiling, you're really sweet, but when you're not smiling, you look like you could kill somebody."”
“Life's so brief,â€ she goes on. â€œWe're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do if we think it will be of any interest or value, to share the past. And although mine's been crooked, it's also been splendid. It's taught me to be vulnerable and humble, to write this book.”
“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”

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