"There are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment."

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Source : Gerald Kersh, Simon Raven (1960). “The Best of Gerald Kersh”

Gerald Kersh

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“It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.”

Source : "Turkish GP: Renault preview". Motorsport.com Interview, www.motorsport.com. August 15, 2005.
“You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.”
“I kind of feel that once we're back in London and back in regular life, I just sort of get the bus and very occasionally this whole other role [ in Chronicels of Narnia] slips into my home life. Randomly people recognise me but even then it's very minor. It's not as if my life has been turned on its head and I can't walk down the street unless I'm wearing dark sunglasses and a ninja kit.”
“Gail Anderson-Dargatz has a noticing eye, a voice as unique as the countryside she writes about, and a heart large enough to love her entire cast of distinct and memorable characters. In The Cure for Death by Lightning she fashions an irresistible song out of the joys and dangers of growing up, the mysteries and wonders of life on a farm, the thrilling terror of trying to outrun the awful unseen force that pursues a growing girl. This novel opens a door to a shining, surprising world.”
“Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"”
“There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.”

Source : Norman Mailer, Michael Lennon (1988). “Conversations with Norman Mailer”, p.389, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I believe that you've got to love your work so much that it is all you want to do.”
“Not that anyone minds--no one's paying attention to the music. Most of them never really listen to music. Practically no one actually does. Even at concerts people pay good money for, instead of a three-dollar cover charge, they talk through the whole thing. I feel sorry for them, since none of them understand what it's like to have a song just get into your soul and become your whole world. They don't know what it's like when a song changes your life.”

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