"You think you are alone. Then you raise your eyes, and you are surrounded."

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Source : Jack Miles (2011). “God: A Biography”, p.409, Vintage

Jack Miles

#Eye Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Raises Quotes

“Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.”
“It was involuntary. They sank my boat.”
“Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.”
“It was the transmutation of the classical liberal intellectual foundation by Christianity that gave modern Europe its impetus and that pushed European accomplishment so far ahead of all other cultures and civilizations around the world.”
“Internet marketing entrepreneurs have truly opened my eyes to just how important a quick turnaround time can be. Often times, an interview they conduct with me today is online by the next morning. The interviewee is then able to start making money less than 24 hours after the initial interview.”

Source : "David vs. Goliath: Internet Entrepreneurship vs. Corporate America" by Marc Ostrofsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2011.
“Getting typecast is a dangerous thing to do.”
“We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and take some comfort from, or else they have no use at all. Without that, they are like the endless pacings of a caged animal. If they are not madness itself, then they are a prelude to it.”

Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.94, Simon and Schuster
“It's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road.”

Source : Michael Connelly (2003). “Lost Light”, p.142, Hachette UK

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