"Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set."

-- Lois Duncan

#Goal Quotes #Survival Quotes #Stronger Quotes

“My thoughts, I guess, are bitter: who but the bitter have thoughts?”
“Mary Queen of Scots was my first love, and that is always something special.”
“I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.”

Source : "Hagakure". Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.
“An easygoing person is probably more accessible to the realization of eternity--the endless flow of life and death--than one who takes his prospects and duties overseriously. It is the overserious who are truly frivolous.”
“Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.”
“By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?”

Source : "Hagakure". Book by Yamamoto Tsunetomo and Nabeshima Mitsushige, circa 1716.
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