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“Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy.”
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“I stopped dying the moment I started writing”
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“I used to go out with actresses and other female impersonators.”
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“The more you lose, the more is to be lost, yet it matters less.”
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“Does one's integrity ever lie in what he is not able to do? I think that usually it does, for free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply. It is a mystery and one which a novel, even a comic novel, can only be asked to deepen.”
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“Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be done. The forest is always large, immense, great and mysterious. No one ever gains power over the forest, but the forest posses the power to change lives and alter destinies.”
Source : "The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World". Book by Jack Zipes, 1988.
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“What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.”
Source : Songs of Joy (1911) "Leisure"
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“You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”
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“You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.”
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“... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're trying to gauge whether you think what they're saying is worth your time. Rushing is no way to bring out what's best in people, and I'm always looking for the best. That's what's ultimately behind my determination to take my time.”
