"It's good for me to see so many other people who are not me. That there are so many others. I feel affection for them. Most of them are doing the best they can. I am also doing the best I can."

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Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.115, Canongate Books

Erlend Loe

#People Quotes #Affection Quotes #Feels Quotes

“Often people talk about how they feel 'stuck' in a situation. You're never stuck! You may be a little frustrated, you may not have clear answers, but you're not stuck. The minute you represent the situation to yourself as being stuck, though, that's exactly how you'll feel. We must be very careful about the metaphors we allow ourselves to use.”
“I pack every minute I can with something to do.”
“I often encountered books by academics and others who had not actually done what they had written about. They tend to create artificial simplicity; their prose doesn't have the vigor of "lived words." On the other hand, many practitioners lack the context or introspection to make their experiences and understandings transferable - and, in our time, many don't actually write the books they "author." My ideal is to unify theory and practice.”
“There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me.”

Source : Song: More to Life, Album: Stacie Orrico
“To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.”
“I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.”

Source : Countee Cullen, Gerald Lyn Early (1991). “My soul's high song: the collected writings of Countee Cullen, voice of the Harlem Renaissance”, Doubleday Books
“I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.”
“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”

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