"I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least it's not possible for me to write that sort of novel."

-- Tom Perrotta

#Writing Quotes #Perfect Quotes #People Quotes

“Ideally, nothing should be shown, but thatâ€™s impossible.”
“We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.”

Source : Ernest Shackleton (2015). “South”, p.191, Sheba Blake Publishing
“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.”
“Death augments distance and dulls the memory. Death reconciles.”
“We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated.”
“You don't need a plan; you just need to be present.”
“I would I had a thousand lives that I might give them to ... China!”

Source : Lottie Moon, Keith Harper (2002). “Send the Light: Lottie Moon's Letters and Other Writings”, p.132, Mercer University Press
“I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.”

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