"A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. Itâ€™s not easy once youâ€™re out of the habit."

-- Dashiell Hammett

#Yarn Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The volcanic plug might be black Plasticine, the castle balanced solidly atop it a skewed rendition of crenellated building bricks. The orange street lamps are crumpled toffee-wrappers glued to lollipop sticks.”

Source : Ian Rankin (2010). “Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel”, p.3, Macmillan
“The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.”

Source : JOHN C. CALHOUN (1854). “A DISQUISITION ON GOVERNMENT AND A DISCOURSE ON THE CONSTITUTIONA ND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES”, p.90
“Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.”

Source : Anne Lamott (2012). “Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers”, p.7, Penguin
“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.”
“I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation”

Source : "Phife Dawg, member of A Tribe Called Quest, dies at 45". www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2016.
“You know how Van Nuys got its name? Well, one day my little old Jewish mother was visiting me, and I took her to the top of the Hollywood Hills and had her view the valley below just at sunset. Well, mama, what would you call that? And she said, Ver nize.”
“She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of her life so strong that sometimes she is frightened of herself.”

Source : Yiyun Li (2007). “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories”, p.17, Random House
“At some point, I get a weird feeling, and that's when I know it's done. I probably ruin a lot of really perfectly fine things. So part of working on paper, and trying to work really fast, is to see if I can expand the area of not being driven by taste. Not saying, "This looks good, I'll stop."”

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