"Perhaps it was only that when you try to put it into words you cannot express it truly, it never sounds as you dream it."

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Source : Jeff Shaara, Michael Shaara (2012). “The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)”, p.437, Ballantine Books

Michael Shaara

#Dream Quotes #Trying Quotes #Sound Quotes

“Ive always had a fascination about mixing music. So I downloaded an application and started messing around with it, and it just built up from there.”
“The army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in purpose, and in an invincible patriotism. And, therefore, the country is in no danger. In justice strong, in peace secure, and in devotion to the flag all one.”
“Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are made for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration.”

Source : "The Compleat Angler".
“We are limited by our agreements on possibility. Agreement is a common exclusion of alternate possibilities. Agreement is the cement of social structure. Two or three gathered together, agreeing on what they are after, may create a subset in which their goals can be achieved, even though folly in the eyes of the world. The world in this case means a set of expectancies agreed upon, a set excluding other possibilities.”

Source : "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality". Book by Joseph Chilton Pearce, 1971.
“The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most frightful kind had to be overcome, the panic fear, 'Is that possible, then?' So it came about that gradually a piece was written, firmly and consciously, that wasn't in a definite key any more.”
“When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them.”
“To the folks asking how they can become a comics writer if Marvel doesn't accept submissions... YOU WRITE COMICS!!”
“I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.”

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