"There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original."

-- Richard Russo

#World Quotes #Sin Quotes #This World Quotes

“It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind before, and now he minds.”
“Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.”
“It had always made sense to me to build a business based on what people really wanted, rather than guess what we thought they might want.”
“Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.”
“Have you ever noticed?--people, no matter how beautiful or desirable, invariably will, if observed closely while going about their daily business of keeping alive, begin to seem like monsters.”

Source : Donald Antrim (2011). “The Verificationist: A Novel”, p.8, Macmillan
“Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.”
“Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.228, Random House
“I've got this image in my head of how I want my life to look, and I have absolutely no idea how to get there. And I'm so scared that I'll make some wrong decision - just one - and everything will get messed up and go wrong -for good.”

Source : Lisa Ann Sandell (2011). “A Map of the Known World”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

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