"I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof."

-- Paul Auster

#Science Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Weight Quotes

“Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and he did it with that born-leader's confidence and intensity that draws along the ordinary uncertain man, who soon confuses his own interest and his own safety with that of the leader.”

Source : James Gould Cozzens (1978). “Just Representations: A James Gould Cozzens Reader”, Harvest Books
“I never like to think of any character as being over. I'm always thinking of different ways of bringing them back.”
“I just use Logic, so I need to get more keyboards and gear. I need to get my Korg.”
“Maybe I'm a serial regional writer. First here, then there, across the map.”
“We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.”
“I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.”
“What you think and do affects all other people.”
“Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend's gonna have to prove they're your friend, and you're gonna have to prove you're their friend.”

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