Magic Realism famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • When you steal from an artist you are stealing their blood, sweat and tears.

  • Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.

  • He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing. I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.

  • Tax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree."

  • When I was 16, my friends and I were all starting to think about what we were going to do with our lives, and I started picturing myself majoring in dance at college traveling around with a contemporary dance company, and it didn't excite me as I thought it would all those years. I was just thinking about the things that I loved most about dance, which was entertaining and telling a story, and that's when I kind of opened my eyes again to acting.

  • The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.

  • Your past is not your past if it's still impacting your present.

  • ... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.

  • My father was a doctor. He was just a great guy, a gentle humanist, and an old-fashioned GP. He'd get up at three in the morning to see patients in different areas if they needed him.

  • I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.