"There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there."

-- Daniel Woodrell

#Sweet Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Realist Quotes

“The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!”

Source : Timothy D. Johnson, Winfield Scott (2015). “Memoirs of Lieut.-General Winfield Scott”, p.71, Univ. of Tennessee Press
“Humility begins with seeing who God is, seeing yourself compared to God, and then seeing yourself as God sees you.”
“I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didnt have to be a gigolo. In real life.”
“The best form of worship is to be happy, to be grateful.”
“Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character.”
“If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.”
“This is my country. The Russian people are in bit of trouble. Russian court doesn't work. Russian education decline every year. I believe that Russia has a chance to be free. Has a chance. It's difficult, but we must do it.”
“I believe not only in "special providences," but in the whole universe as one infinite complexity of "special providences.”

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