"common sense is the enemy of romance"

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Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2007). “Waking with Enemies”, p.148, Penguin

Eric Jerome Dickey

#Common Sense Quotes #Romance Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Everyone lives by selling something.”
“You can take a book to the beach without worrying about sand getting in its works. You can take it to bed without being nervous about it falling to the floor should you nod off. You can spill coffee on it. You can sit on it. You can put it down on a table, open to the page you're reading, and when you pick it up a few days later it will still be exactly as you left it. You never have to be concerned about plugging a book into an outlet or having its battery die.”
“Death is the reward for living”
“I have to feel something emotionally on the story to be able to write for it. I turn things down if I don't feel I'm really right to tell that particular story.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.”
“In Africa you have space...there a profound sense of space here, space and sky”
“Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.”
“The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so Iâ€™ll always be prepared. Everything is there so I can be at an advantage at the moment of truth. Actually, thatâ€™s not accurate. Everythingâ€™s there so I wonâ€™t be at a disadvantage at the moment of truth.”

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