"In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation for their dimness in life."

-- E. M. Forster

#Reading Quotes #People Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.”
“Sometimes superheroes are born, sometimes they are made. Sometimes they make themselves. Sometimes all it takes is will.”

Source : Anne Ursu (2003). “The Disapparation of James”, Hyperion
“The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.”

Source : "Cosmo Cosmolino". Book by Helen Garner, p. 150, 1992.
“Then love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name, suddenly your heart showed me my way”
“The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear to betray some hidden intelligence which by a preconceived plan produces the impression of intentional design, a phenomenon which finds its close analogue in nature.”
“Occasionally the impossible happens; this is a truism that accounts for much of what we call good luck; and also, bad.”
“Everything you do is by choice. It may not seem so, but it is...”
“Racing is in my blood, I can't quite get out of it yet.”

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