"Good writing , like gold , combines lustrous lucidity with high density. What this means is good writing is packed with hints."

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Eric Hoffer

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“Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.”
“I grew up in Denver, Colorado. After high school I went to Vegas”
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, not knowing what is next and not concerned with what was or what may be next, a new mind is operating that is not connected with the conditioned past and yet perceives and understands the whole mechanism of conditioning. It is the unmasking of the self that is nothing but masks - images, memories of past experiences, fears, hopes, and the ceaseless demand to be something or become somebody.”
“The idea of salvation through some one or some thing outside of ourselves came from love of inertia. We want God or his Son to save us. We thought that Hapi would give us immortality if we flattered his vanity by praying to him.”
“Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.”
“Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.96, Penguin
“There is nothing which vanity does not desecrate.”
“Love is like a tide. When it's in, everything looks beautiful and inviting. Only when love recedes can you see the debris beneath the surface - the old bottles, the rusty prams, the sewage pipes, the bloated cats and dogs weighted down to drown. The man I had once loved so passionately I now saw as weak, gutted like a fish.”

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