"I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies."

-- Grant Morrison

#Growing Up Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Celtic Quotes

“When you realise that you possess within your self everything you need to promote your own success, the feeling is one of empowerment.”
“A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.”
“One afternoon a girl walked by in a bikini and my cousin Janet scoffed, â€œLook at the hips on her.â€ I panicked. What about the hips? Were they too big? Too small? What were my hips? I didnâ€™t know hips could be a problem. I thought there was just fat or skinny. This was how I found out that there are an infinite number of things that can be â€œincorrectâ€ on a womanâ€™s body.”
“I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.”
“But the universe isn't fair. Things don't work out neatly, pain, hardship and challenges divided equally among those best equipped to deal with them. Sometimes individuals have to be Atlases and carry the weight of the world alone. It shouldn't happen that way, but it does.”
“You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They think that writers are all dead long ago--they don't expect to meet them in the street or out shopping. They know their stories but not their names, and certainly not their faces. And most writers like it that way.”
“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”
“Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.”

Source : Michael Dibdin (2008). “Ratking”, p.166, Faber & Faber

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