"I wrote almost all of it in the deepest hope and conviction. Sifting my thoughts and choosing my words. Trying to say what was true. And I'll tell you frankly, that was wonderful."

-- Marilynne Robinson

#Trying Quotes #Sifting Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.”
“Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.”
“To be aliveâ”€â”€is Power.”
“I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.”
“But if they're so successful, why haven't parasites taken over the world? The answer is simple: they have. We just haven't noticed. That's because successful parasites don't kill us; they become part of us, making us perform all the work to keep them alive and help them reproduce...”

Source : Daniel Suarez (2009). “Daemon”, p.426, Penguin
“The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.”
“Humans abhor a vacuum. The immediate filling of a vacuum is one of the basic functions of speech. Meaningless conversations are no less important in our lives than meaningful ones.”
“I used to wash up the dishes as C3PO. And it's very hard to put cups away when this joint doesn't bend! Mum was very tolerant...”

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