"Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision."

-- V. S. Naipaul

#People Quotes #Vision Quotes #Limits Quotes

“Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.”

Source : Theodore Dreiser (1920). “Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life”
“What I didn't realize was the severity of the crime, so to speak. I think that's important. That's one of the lessons learned here. You move to a new area, you really need to be sure of what the laws and penalties are. You hear those things. You hear, 'Don't speed in Virginia' when you get here, just in casual conversations. What's left out is why you don't speed in Virginia. I learned the hard way, that's for sure.”
“I heard through the nightThe rush and the clamour;The pulse of the fightLike blows of Thor's hammer;The pattering flightOf the leaves, and the anguishedMoan of the forest vanquished.”
“A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!”
“I am told, in a dream ... you can only get the answer to all your questions through a dream. So in my dream, I fall asleep, and I dream, in my dream, that I'm having that absolute, revealing dream.”
“I may have grown up in the Age of Aquarius, but I'm growing old in the Age of the Acronym.”

Source : Roy Peter Clark (2010). “The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English”, p.219, Hachette UK
“Painful memories didn't just ease back in-they shoved the door open hard, all of them and all at once”
“Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.”

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