"Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts."

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Source : Sheri S. Tepper (2013). “The Visitor”, p.216, Hachette UK

Sheri S. Tepper

#Thinking Quotes #Punishment Quotes #Done Quotes

“The future is very much in our hands--in our actions.”
“As with a wound on one's own body, it is possible to develop an intimacy with the most disturbing of things”

Source : FaceBook post by Kazuo Ishiguro from Feb 02, 2013
“My dad is an ambassador. My brother is a diplomat. I doubt that I could be doing anything else other than being a diplomat if I weren't in showbiz. It's in the genes!”

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“I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess.”
“I can be very dry and sarcastic.”
“The reward for good work is more work.”
“I prefer the retro chic of spending Christmas just like Joseph and Mary did - Traveling arduously back to the place of your birth to be counted, with no guarantee of a bed when you get there.”
“I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs.”

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