"The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things."

-- Ben Okri

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“It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.”

Source : Josh Lieb (2015). “Ratscalibur”, p.162, Penguin
“It's really grinding to always play out of both sides of your mind and always be thinking what will offend people. Or what won't. But I'm strong enough to deal with that. I own that I'm freakish in my way.”
“To me, my grandfatherâ€™s urgency to preach the Gospel one more time to a lost and dying world is the definition of 'finishing well,' and itâ€™s such a blessing and lesson.”
“When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.”
“Kurt Godel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental - indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain visible far in space and time. ... The subject of logic has certainly completely changed its nature and possibilities with Godel's achievement.”
“The more our bodies fail us, the more naked and more demanding is the spirit, the more open and loving we can become if we are not afraid of what we are and of what we feel. I am not a phoenix yet, but here among the ashes, it may be that the pain is chiefly that of new wings trying to push through.”
“A rowdy bunch on the whole, they were most of them so violently individualistic as to be practically interchangeable.”

Source : Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.31, New York Review of Books
“Anyone who is funny and doesn't take herself to seriously is attractive to me”

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