"Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk."

-- George MacDonald

#Reality Quotes #Age Quotes #Decay Quotes

“I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.”
“The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.”
“But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after 1923 quickly disappear into a literary black hole.”
“The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.”
“belief is necessarily something false that diverts and suffocates effective production”
“Holding a note is a very difficult thing - you have to use your whole body to achieve a perfect pitch.”
“The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.”

Source : Jack Vance (2007). “The Jack Vance Treasury”, Subterranean
“Richie is the only one of my nine who's really moved away. I can't get rid of most of them.”

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