"Self-pity is a sin. It is a form of living suicide."

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Source : Charles J. Shields (2016). “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman”, p.193, Henry Holt and Company

Charles J. Shields

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“Personally, I do not believe that it is the duty of any man or woman to write a novel. In nine cases out of ten, there would be greater merit in leaving it unwritten.”
“I can be surfing the exact same wave and then sometimes something will just set off, even if I'm riding the same board the whole time. Something will just set off and it just feels like you can push just that extra bit harder.”
“I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever way the process ran, I've been a fan of science and SF ever since.”

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“The fact that Edward Snowden didn't approach the New York Times hurt a lot. It meant two things. Morally, it meant that somebody with a big story to tell didn't think we were the place to go, and that's painful. And then it also meant that we got beaten on what was arguably the biggest national security story in many, many years. Not only beaten by the Guardian, because he went to the Guardian, but beaten by the Post, because he went to a writer from the Post. We tried to catch up and did some really good stories that I feel good about. But it was really, really, really painful.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close.”
“If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the whole house.”
“Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.”

Source : John Wanamaker (1923). “Maxims of Life and Business”
“Look at your life as your main career and your divine classroom.”

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