"The Word is alive. We have always known it. But it needs to be uttered, aloud or in the mind of a reader. Without a consciousness to tickle them into life, those books were dead."

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Source : Marcel Theroux (2013). “Strange Bodies”, p.37, Faber & Faber

Marcel Theroux

#Book Quotes #Mind Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk.”

Source : Susanna Clarke (2009). “The Ladies of Grace Adieu: and Other Stories”, p.24, A&C Black
“Man's life is but a jest, A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapor at the best.”
“Your projects can often demonstrative new and innovative approaches that can be supported and eventually replicated with greater support from the public sector. Showing up and speaking up at city council and state legislature hearings are essential, but so is the project work.”
“The worst decision is indecision.”
“Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.”
“If you're just sitting around home it's just too easy to sit around and smoke pot all day and never get anything done.”
“But what I miss the most is knowing just exactly where it hurts, knowing just exactly what is wrong and what I want.”
“I see all. I hear all. I know all. And I spend a great deal of time in the bathroom.”

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