"Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no longer alone, they have an investment in critical praise, and they think they must protect it. This leads to a diffusion of effort. The writer watches himself as he works. He grows more subtle and he pays for it by loss of organic dash."

-- Raymond Chandler

#Writing Quotes #Eye Quotes #Loss Quotes

“The right wing will be identified with the monied class, even when the left often has more money. And the left wing will be identified as the whiners, even though the right at times whines as much or more. You might say that both sides are monied, high human capital whiners, on the whole.”
“Itâ€™s one thing to protect yourself,â€ Dad yelled at me during our very next lunch. â€œThat I get. Have I ever told you not to defend yourself? No. But did you have to permanently maim him? I spent all that money on that on that fancy school for girls-not to mention all that money for the shrinks-and what did that get me?â€ I shrugged. â€œA seven-figure civil suit?”
“If you have a body, you are entitled to the full range of feelings. It comes with the package.”
“I try to eat a lot of baked foods, fish, chicken, potatoes, stuff like that. Grab me a Muscle Milk. That helps.”
“Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in terms of entering a dark mansion. You go into the first room and it's dark, completely dark. You stumble around, bumping into the furniture. Gradually, you learn where each piece of furniture is. And finally, after six months or so, you find the light switch and turn it on. Suddenly, it's all illuminated and you can see exactly where you were. Then you enter the next dark room...”
“Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.”

Source : "2b or not 2b?" by David Crystal, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.
“The sky is the sky wherever you go.”
“This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.”

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