"Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war."

-- Salman Rushdie

#War Quotes #Party Quotes #Tea Quotes

“My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?”
“Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him.”
“optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.”
“I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing, you will never get it.”
“The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: Poems”, p.26, Vintage
“Artists are here to disturb the peace.”
“I can double my density from three-sixty degrees to seven-twenty instantly.”
“The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.”

Source : Gillian Flynn (2012). “The Novels of Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects, Dark Places”, p.218, Broadway Books

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