"We are not meant to know the time or the nature of our deaths (for all of us secretly hope that we may be immortal)."

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Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

John Connolly

#May Quotes #Immortal Quotes

“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.”

Source : Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.19, Penguin UK
“I know I can cook, but the place where I cook... it's a mess! I'm very disorganized.”
“I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me.”
“It really hit home that my parents felt as though they didn't have to worry anymore. They realized if you could win an Oscar, that was a good sign.”
“There is no positive law: Many things are bad by that, which otherwise were not.”
“A painter is always overjoyed when anybody pays any attention to him at all, puts him in any category, calls him anything - as long as they call him something.”
“Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.”
“In the first place you must study drawing for at least one year; then you must remain with a master at the workshop for the space of six years at least , that you may learn all the parts and members of the art...drawing without intermission on holidays and work-days”

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