"As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things."

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Source : "Gunter Grass speaks to Paris Review about art of fiction". Paris Review Interview, www.newsbangladesh.com. April 14, 2015.

Gunter Grass

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Liars Quotes

“The Mathematician's Shiva is a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history, and humor, not to mention a cast of delightfully quirky characters, and a math lesson or two; all together, a winning equation! When Rojstaczer writes about mathematics, you'd think he was writing about poetry.”
“Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original and charming. They weren't particularly violent or sexy or any of that. They were just unique and that had a good feel to it.”
“Insanity Max 30 is the hardest workout I've ever taught.”
“Never abandon imagination”

Source : Tony DiTerlizzi (2012). “The Search for WondLa”, p.314, Simon and Schuster
“I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.”
“This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself. The practice is always to go back to oneself.”
“It's harder to eat meat when you know the animal's name...I have found.”
“If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.”

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