"Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too unlikely, too preposterous."

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Source : Walter Abish (1980). “How German Is It”, p.44, New Directions Publishing

Walter Abish

#Truth Quotes #Brain Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.”
“Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.”
“If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.”
“In the United States, it is now possible for a person eighteen years of age, female as well as male, to graduate from high school, college, or university without ever having cared for, or even held, a baby; without ever having comforted or assisted another human being who really needed help. . . . No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations, and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.”

Source : "The Ecology of Human Development".
“Sometimes it's interesting to see what people who have too much control need to do to write freely.”
“I never did like Cleveland. Don't know why. Didn't like the town. Now, the people are all right, but I just didn't like the town.”
“If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.”
“When God intends great mercy for his people, he first of all sets them praying.”

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