"He is everything, everything, everything I ever admired and wanted and couldn't have. He is everything I needed and couldn't find in real life. Of course he is. That's why I invented him."

-- Geraldine McCaughrean

#Real Quotes #Real Life Quotes #Needed Quotes

“Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.”

Source : Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.82, Vintage
“We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.”
“As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.”
“If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.”
“The great poems are not about experience, but are the experience itself, felt in the body.”
“I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration.”
“Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.”

Source : Interview with Gavin Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 24, 2008.
“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.”

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