"If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's."

-- Tana French

#Character Quotes #Writing Quotes #Views Quotes

“Take a moment to think... See - logically.”
“I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.”
“Architecture should have little to do with problem solving - rather it should create desirable conditions and opportunities hitherto thought impossible.”
“I think 9/11 was a couple of thousand ***** in Afghanistan who ran rampant and just kind of did their thing and we could have gotten them in Tora Bora if that was handled better.”
“Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself .”

Source : Philip Jose Farmer (2010). “The Magic Labyrinth”, p.15, Macmillan
“For black people in the western hemisphere, if you can't generate a mythology that creates models of heroism and power out of the mythology that you had, then that means that somehow the mythology you had was not only feeble and weak, but that you are ultimately a powerless people. That's a notion that, I think, that can't be accepted.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance.”
“I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better.”

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