"Sunday, the day for the language of leisure."

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Source : Elfriede Jelinek (2010). “The Piano Teacher”, p.67, Profile Books

Elfriede Jelinek

#Sunday Quotes #Leisure Quotes #Language Quotes

“Once kitsch is interpreted ironically, it ceases to be kitsch”
“Whatever you focus on you're going to feel.”
“I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.”
“Wraith shoved his hands in his jeans' pockets. "How long before we consider you overdue and mount a rescue party?" "Never." Reaver shrugged into his shirt. "If I don't come back, it is because I'm either dead or in a situation that's too dangerous to get me out of." "Oh," Sin said brightly-and sarcastically. "You mean like the situation Harvester is in." Seminus demons were annoying no matter what gender. "Yes. Like that." She punched him lightly in the shoulder. "Good. Glad we're clear. Try to come back soon or we'll come after you.”
“I like the noise of democracy.”
“There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.”
“You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (2001). “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, p.26, Simon and Schuster
“No matter how much you want to be self-sufficient and alone, there is a natural human impulse to need something more than that.”

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