"I believe that my observations have always led me to find that the so-called realist moves about the world with a closed mind, ringed as it were with concrete and cement, and that the so-called romantic is like an unfenced garden in and out of which truth can wander at will."

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Source : Joseph Roth (2002). “The Emperor's Tomb”, p.47, The Overlook Press

Joseph Roth

#Believe Quotes #Moving Quotes #Garden Quotes

“Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.”
“Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.”
“It was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle for what I had achieved. I wanted more.”

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“The worst form of slavery is when the slave believes he is free. This is how women under Islam feel.”
“My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.”
“A pardon for Edward Snowden would be good for America and would help burnish the president's legacy as one of the primary defenders of human rights.”

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“Marihuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice.”
“I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.”

Source : R. L. LaFevers (2011). “Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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