"...miles away from everthing and everyone I've ever known or loved. I feel as if I've entered a new era of my life. What strange places our lives carry us to..."

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Source : Justin Cronin (2010). “The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)”, p.24, Ballantine Books

Justin Cronin

#Eras Quotes #Strange Quotes #Miles Quotes

“On a nationwide basis, I would guess that the various churches would have to pay annually an amount at least equal to the national debt. But it's impossible for me to make an exact estimate, because the churches hide their wealth in every way they can - deliberate falsification as to the value of property, registering it under phony names in order to obscure the fact that the Church owns the property.”
“The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.”
“Give me the child until he is seven and I'll give you the man”
“If the biblical account of creation in Genesis isn't true, how can we trust the rest of the Bible?”
“I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.”
“Earn as much money as you possibly can and as quickly as you can. The sooner you get money out of the way, the sooner you will be able to get to the rest of your problems in style.”
“Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.”
“I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who do this with sheet music.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.

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