"Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed."

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Source : F. Paul Wilson (2003). “The Fifth Harmonic: A Novel”, p.125, Hampton Roads Publishing

F. Paul Wilson

#Eye Quotes #Reality Quotes #Walks Quotes

“I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low. 'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it. And even I started to believe it.' He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent. 'You never believed it,' he says 'Not for a second. You always insisted I was... I don't know, whole.”
“I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.”
“Isolation, not solitude, breaks men. If I could not find the means to deal with the isolation, then my options were severely limited. I began to call up memories of places, people, events, food-anything I could do to occupy my mind and remind myself that, even if I was being treated like an animal, I was still a living breathing human being.”
“Watch your thoughts. They turn into words, then turn into actions.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Number one, you can sell before you buy. I call it reverse e-commerce. You take a picture, you list it for sale, you sell it, you collect the revenue, then you go buy it and send it to the customer.”
“For India, Kashmir lends credibility to its secular nationalist image.”
“But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!”

Source : 'New Morality' (1821) l. 207
“Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.”

Source : Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.155, Da Capo Press

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