"It is well to start by distinguishing the few really great - the major novelists who count in the same way as the major poets, in the sense that they not only change the possibilities of the art for practitioners and readers, but that they are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life."

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Source : 1948 The Great Tradition, ch.1.

F. R. Leavis

#Art Quotes #Novelists Quotes #Way Quotes

“If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.”
“Look at me! I'm big! I'm strong! I'm a superior example of froghood and capable of protecting us both!”

Source : E. D. Baker (2010). “The Frog Princess”, p.39, A&C Black
“The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back.”
“The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.”
“She knew what it was to wait for someone who would never come home. She knew that grief, like a scar, faded but never really went away.”
“You know the people who have the bumper stickers that say "Windows 95 = Mac '89"? These are the faithful, and I respect their faith, but I would like to respectfully point out that faith is dangerous. Religion kills.”
“I love to have confidence, but that confidence doesn't come from myself. It comes from God, and that's what I wanted America to see.”
“I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.”

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