"Life's only obligation, afterall, was to be interesting."

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Source : Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.138, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Jeff Lindsay

#Interesting Quotes #Obligation Quotes

“Oh, bein' young ain't easy 'cos ev'rythin' you're puzzlin'n'anxin' you're puzzlin'n'anxin' it for the first time.”
“I was 14 years old when I started rapping and I was terrible. I fell in love with it though and when that happens with me I become super passionate and go all the way with it.”
“Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.”
“Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]”
“I love summer. Because it means I can wear a bikini top and shorts, even just to go shopping.”
“Computer science is to biology what calculus is to physics. It's the natural mathematical technique that best maps the character of the subject.”
“And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there does not exist an art of the kind which can implant sobriety and justice into depraved natures.Â Nevertheless, I do think that the study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form such qualities of character”
“As a writer you ask yourself to dream while awake.”

Source : FaceBook post by Aimee Bender from May 25, 2014

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