"Patience may be a virtue, but quitting is an art."

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Source : Evan Harris (2005). “The Art of Quitting”, Cassell Illustrated

Evan Harris

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“A tight structural form opens possibilities. Take a pattern, an established model or sub-genre, and write to it. In writing, limitation gives freedom”
“All travelers to wild places will have felt some version of this, a brief blazing perception of the world's disinterest. In small measures it exhilarates. But in full form it annihilates.”

Source : Robert MacFarlane (2009). “Wild Places”, p.103, Granta Books
“Problem is, you canâ€™t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. Youâ€™re like a dog at the dump, baby â€“ youâ€™re just lickinâ€™ at the empty tin can, trying to get more nutrition out of it. And if youâ€™re not careful, that canâ€™s gonna get stuck on your snout forever and make your life miserable. So drop it.â€ â€œBut I love him.â€ â€œSo love him.â€ â€œBut I miss him.â€ â€œSo miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.”
“The mechanical philosophy was ever blind to this fact. Intelligent design, on the other hand, readily embraces the sacramental nature of physical reality. Indeed, intelligent design is just the Logos theology of John's Gospel restated in the idiom of information theory.”
“Why do photographers photograph? To make unreality visible.”
“That's one thing about me: I'm not greedy. I buy things for my friends if I buy them for myself. I make sure my friend's rent is paid.”
“I think you can realise that a lot of people in bands - well - I guess you kinda wanna... There's a lot less mystique in playing in a rock band today, than in the 60's or 70's. I don't think there's any bands that I can think of, that have this rock god myth that like Led Zeppelin had.”
“Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. [Lat., Qui stultis videri eruditi volunt, stulti eruditis videntur.]”

Source : "Institutes of Oratory (Volume X)". Book by Quintilian, 95 CE.

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