"All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram."

-- Delmore Schwartz

#Character Quotes #Effort Quotes #Literature Quotes

“When power replaces truth as the goal, assertion replaces reason as the path”
“Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.”

Source : George Jean Nathan (1972). “The World in Falseface”, p.3, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
“If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point. Words fail to come out of me to describe his game appropriately. I've rarely seen anyone who approaches a ball with so much attention. With such passion and joy that it makes great fun to watch him. With him, you can associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful.”
“Know your lover and what delights him or her, but also what he/she considers inappropriate. After all, you want to whet their appetite and create excitement, rather than make them upset.”
“That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.”
“You put high heels on and you change.”
“I had discovered that a person does not have to be this or be that or be anything, not even oneself. One is free.”
“You can't compartmentalize unforgiveness. You can't control sin. You can't manage sin. Sin is never satisfied with the amount of you it possesses.”

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