"...I rejoiced in the flaws that made her more real to me"

-- Gene Wolfe

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“Throw a lucky man into water and he'll surface with a fish in his mouth.”
“We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent.”
“Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.”
“I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life - with a somewhat precocious capacity for involvement.”
“James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.”
“Neo-Liberalism promised us a Global Village and gave us a Potemkin Village.”
“You see only the productions of second-rate folk who are in a hurry to get wealth and fame. The true knowledge, the deadly knowledge, is still kept secret. But, believe me, my friend, it is there.”

Source : John Buchan (2016). “The Complete Works of John Buchan (Unabridged): Thriller Classics, Spy Novels, Supernatural Tales, Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Works, The Great War Writings, Essays, Biographies & Memoirs – All in One Volume”, p.1672, e-artnow
“The interesting thing was we never talked about pottery. Bernard [Leach] talked about social issues; he talked about the world political situation, he talked about the economy, he talked about all kinds of things.”

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