"I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation."

-- Raymond Carver

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I often reread books I have written”
“The wise may find in trifles light as atoms in the air, some useful lesson to enrich the mind.”

Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1873). “The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe”, p.334
“But perhaps God's purpose in the world (I am only thinking aloud here) is to draw his creatures to him. And you have to admit that tragedies like this one at Virginia Tech help to do that!”
“Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.”
“It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.”
“I started off in architecture, and I just couldn't fit into the vibe there. I just felt more at home in the Art Department, so I just ended up there. But I would be an architect if it didn't require so much engineering.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Never take what's offered, always ask for more.”
“Iâ€™m the least fanciful guy around, but on nights when I wonder whether there was any point to my day, I think about this: the first thing we ever did, when we started turning into humans, was draw a line across the cave door and say: Wild stays out. What I do is what the first men did. They built walls to keep back the sea. They fought the wolves for the hearth fire.”

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