"Meg Pokrass writes like a brain looking for a body. Wonderful, dark, unforgiving."

-- Frederick Barthelme

#Writing Quotes #Dark Quotes #Brain Quotes

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
“My belief is where I get my strength. When I'm struggling with something, I can go to God for help and I'm excited to share that.”
“The most sensible skill that I can give to somebody born in 2003 is a perfect command of Mandarin.”
“High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of generations a relay race in which everyone surpasses his predecessor . . .”
“The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of love. He becomes, as it were, Godlike, but regardless of the strength he derives from it, his free will remains. We are always free to disown this immense grace, to abuse it. The Greatest Love may be betrayed. Fed on the Living Bread, we nevertheless conceal a part of ourselves which longs for swine's food.”
“For me, 'The Crystal Skull' was something I'd never done before, and I loved every minute of it. Working with Harrison Ford as well - he's a cowboy from Montana, the most unassuming man you'll ever work with, fabulous guy, and I loved it.”
“Question: Why does life have to feel like such a struggle at times? Answer: Because without the struggle, the triumphs wouldn't taste as sweet.”

Source : Connor Franta (2015). “Untitled”, p.163, Simon and Schuster
“I tell them I have worked 40 years to make the W.S. platform broad enough for Atheists and Agnostics to stand upon, and now if need be I will fight the next 40 to keep it Catholic enough to permit the straightest Orthodox religionist to speak or pray and count her beads upon. (on women's suffrage)”

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