"At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing."

-- Lauren Groff

#Writing Quotes #Happy Life Quotes #Simple Quotes

“Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it. Thus if, for any reason whatsoever, moral standards are conspicuously and unprecedentedly breached in one area of society, such as the political, it will follow as the night the day that those standards will start collapsing all down the line-in sports, entertainment, education, the armed forces, business and government.”
“This whole world is full of God!”

Source : Angela (of Foligno) (1909). “The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno”
“I do think that metaphysical exploration is like scientific exploration, in the sense that philosophers and scientists are both developing models of reality, and furthermore that we all rely to a significant extent on the idea that models which provide elegant, simple and satisfying explanations are more likely to be true.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors - as in trial and error. Without death, the old folks would start to gang up on the babies (the new trials). Immortality --> immortal mistakes.”
“It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.”
“Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.”
“The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.”
“Sometimes all it takes to stop traffic is for that right pair of red pumps.”

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