...but that was the thing about reality. It didn't need to make sense.
Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.
The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life.
Mad Rogan: "Resistance is futile." Nevada: "You are not assimilating me!
Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.
Apa kata Minke nanti kalau kau jadi kuyu tidak menarik? Gadis secantik apa pun takkan menarik kalau sakit.
Dan apa bisa diperoleh dalam hidup ini tanpa bea? Semua harus dibayar, atau ditebus, juga sependek-pendek kebahagiaan.
Bahwa orang yang punya itu banyak menimbulkan kesusahan pada yang tak punya. Dan mereka tak merasai ini.
Ya, alangkah indah masa kecil yang lalu. Dan kini aku menembangkan keindahan dalam kenang-kenangan.
But sometimes it's the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows.
If what we are doing isn't enough for you, I need you to tell me now.
So sad is this that nigh to all are ignorant to the pain and death caused by the hands of evil.
They talked in the shorthand of old friends and shared memories.
Knowledge is power, I said at last. "Let's do it.
Everyone is the sum total of past experiences. A character doesn't just spring to life at age thirty.
I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.
Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It's much better if one simply does.
Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand fully.
Los buenos actos resuenan a nuestro paso, mucho tiempo después de que hayamos olvidado haberlos realizado.
The biggest mistake you can ever make it to compare yourself to others. - Gideon
