"...he who goes down to the grave does not return."

-- Moses

#Book Quotes #Return Quotes #Doe Quotes

“You know that your toddler needed love and approval but he often seemed not to care whether he got it or not and never seemed to know how to earn it. Your pre-school child is positively asking you to tell him what does and does not earn approval, so he is ready to learn any social refinement of being human which you will teach him....He knows now that he wants your love and he has learned how to ask for it.”
“I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.”
“Success is not a destination thing, itâ€™s a daily thing.”
“I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.”
“Is it weird in here, or is it just me?”
“One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.”
“If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.”
“We need a more complex understanding of writers working under authoritarian or repressive regimes. Something to replace this simpleminded, Cold War-ish equation in which the dissident in exile is seen as a bold figure, and those who choose to work with restrictions on their freedom are considered patsies for repressive governments. Let's not forget that most writers in history have lived under nondemocratic regimes: Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Goethe didn't actually enjoy constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of speech.”

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