"To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words.... Whoever writes English is involved in a struggle that never lets up even for a sentence."

--

George Orwell

#Art Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.”
“I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.”
“Well, do you do that consciously?" Daily Alice asked, only partly of Cloud. "Do what?" Cloud said. "Grow up? No. Well. In a sense. You see it's inevitable, or refuse to. You greet it or don't -- take it in trade, maybe, for all you're going to lose anyway. Or you can refuse, and have what you've got to lose snatched from you, and never take payment -- never see a trade is possible.”

Source : John Crowley (2015). “Little, Big”, p.193, Hachette UK
“What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that is fame and the disgusting celebrity that goes along with it. But celebrity does not equal creativity.”
“Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.”
“I'm not a big drinker and I don't smoke either. I've only been drunk a few times, but I did moon my friend once. I had knickers on! I'll leave the real mooning to the boys.”
“How beautiful it is for a man to die Upon the walls of Zion! to be called Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel, To put his armour off, and rest in heaven!”
“Happiness, laughter and joy abound, when friends, family, and lovers are around.”

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