"For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness."

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Marian Keyes

#Feel Good Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“Sometimes what we want isn't what's best for us - Della”

Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “Simple Perfection: A Novel”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
“The market, if it can be kept honest and competitive, does provide very strong incentives for work effort and productive contributions. In their absence, society would thrash about for alternative incentives-some unreliable, like altruism; some perilous like collective loyalty; some intolerable, like coercion or oppression.”
“Dating is really hard because everyone puts on a front. It's really difficult to see who is who, so it is important to be yourself.”
“I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about and I don't want to be spouting off at the mouth about something before it's out there and can speak for itself.”
“I can ride horses. And I read a lot. But that's kind of it. I think it's enough.”
“While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent.”
“White is the color of decomposition. White is also no color. White is nothing. In photography, the paper is white, next comes the light, which is also white, then the shadow is created, the apparition.”

Source : Sylvia Wolf, Dieter Appelt, Wieland Schmied (1994). “Dieter Appelt”, Art Institute of Chicago
“If you truly love someone, then the only thing you want for them is to be happy....even if its not with you.”

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