"Nature has a pretty sick sense of humor."

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Source : Kelly Braffet (2012). “Josie and Jack: A Novel”, p.236, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Kelly Braffet

#Nature Quotes #Sick Quotes #Sense Of Humor Quotes

“While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home.”
“I love my mother, not as a prisoner of atherosclerosis, but as a person; and I must love her enough to accept her as she is, now, for as long as this dwindling may take.”
“I love bold, colorful party dresses because they don't need accessories. Just throw one on and you're done.”
“I liked quantum mechanics very much. The subject was hard to understand but easy to apply to a large number of interesting problems.”

Source : "Super classical quantum mechanics: the best interpretation of non relativistic quantum mechanics". American Journal of Physics 69, p. 413-422, 2001.
“The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.”

Source : Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.14, Random House
“Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How can you make a great - or even an adequate - bouillabaisse if you've never had any? If you don't really understand why people read mysteries - or romances or literary novels or thrillers or whatever - then there's no way in the world you're going to write one that anyone wants to publish. This is the meaning of the well-known expression "Write what you know."”
“If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.”
“What I still ask for daily-for life as long as I have work to do, and work as long as I have life.”

Source : Reynolds Price (1994). “A Whole New Life”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

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