"The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears."

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Abdelkader El Djezairi

#Heart Quotes #Night Quotes #Sun Quotes

“I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco fiction. You feel the dread and the atmosphere in Yuri Herrera's extraordinary novels, but you'd never say that what he writes is narco fiction. The same goes for Martin Solares's novels, inspired by the nightmare city of Tampico, where he's from. Valeria Luiselli, Ãlvaro Enrigue, I know that they're deeply affected by what goes on in Mexico, but their wonderful writing points in another direction, though not necessarily always and only.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small.”

Source : James Gould Cozzens (1978). “Just Representations: A James Gould Cozzens Reader”, Harvest Books
“The rains would end, and when they did, Ian and I would be together, partners in the truest sense. This was a promise and an obligation I had never had in all my lives. Thinking of it made me feel joyful and anxious and shy and desperately impatient all at the same timeâ€”made me feel human.”
“After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.”

Source : Kenneth Grahame (2016). “The Wind in the Willows”, p.5, Xist Publishing
“Like many musicians, I don't look back much... only concentrate on what music I'm doing, and occasionally look ahead.”
“I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight.”
“These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of an ideal diplomacy. But, the reader may object, you have forgotten intelligence, knowledge, discernment, prudence, hospitality, charm, industry, courage and even tact. I have not forgotten them. I have taken them for granted.”

Source : "Diplomacy". Book by Harold George Nicolson, chapter 3, p. 126, 1939.
“I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up the character.”

Source : "Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Hilary Swank, Josh Duhamel and Lea Michele NEW YEAR'S EVE Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 6, 2011.

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