"A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong."

--

Raymond Chandler

#Useless Quotes

“Banish the onion from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it.”
“She turned so they were face-to-face and gave him back the words he'd offered her their first night together: "I survived. Isn't that what matters?”
“Someday when you're twenty, maybe, I'll see you again. You'll be this hot soccer star at some great school, with a million guys more interesting than I am chasing you down. And you know what? I'll see you and I'll pray you want me still.”
“The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered.”
“Im an actor. The fact that Im involved in Jigsaw, I dont approach Jigsaw any differently than I approached The Nordic in The Firm or FBI Agent Stokes in Mississippi Burning. Its the same deal. Its just that the effect is sometimes different. So I say, people ask me, How does it feel to be a horror icon? Im thrilled. Its great.”
“Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.”
“note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept of sad [...]”
“And the most dangerous place on earthâ€” Is where youâ€™re safe.”

Source : "The Power of the Dog". Book by Don Winslow, 2005.

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