Novelists Quotes - Page 17

• It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Change, Years, Editors

  Robert Anton Wilson (2012). “The Illuminati Papers”, p.111, Ronin Publishing

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• Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.

  James M. Barrie

  Letting Go, Goodbye, Farewell

  "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Book by James M. Barrie, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1911.

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• Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart

  Stephen R. Lawhead

  Song, Truth, Heart

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• To write? Because all this is going to vanish. The only thing left will be the prose and poems, the books, what is written down. Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth.

  James Salter

  Book, Writing, Past

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• Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.

  Aldous Huxley

  Power, Technology, Political

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Friendship, Blessed, Enemy

  Sinclair Lewis (2017). “It Can't Happen Here”, p.203, PublishDrive

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• Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear someone say it deserves better.

  Halldór Laxness

  Country, Gratitude, Grateful

  Halldór Laxness (2003). “Iceland's Bell”, Vintage

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• Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves.

  J. G. Ballard

  Funny, Best Love, Selfish

  "Cocaine Nights". Book by J. G. Ballard, 1996.

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• You simply cannot invent any conspiracy theory so ridiculous and obviously satirical that some people somewhere don't already believe it.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Believe, People, Ridiculous

  "Everything Is Under Control : Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups" by Robert Anton Wilson, (p. 16), 1998.

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• A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

  C. S. Lewis

  Wise, Time, Men

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• There are mythic patterns under all of our lives. Each one of us, often unbeknownst to ourselves, is engaged in a drama of soul that is not reserved only for gods, heroes, and saints. Story is one bridge between the human realm and the divine.

  Deena Metzger

  God, Drama, Hero

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• We are mere journeymen, planting seeds for someone else to harvest.

  Wallace Thurman

  Life, People, Harvest

  Wallace Thurman (1979). “Infants of the spring: a novel”, Southern Illinois Univ Pr

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• Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts, there is something out of gear with one somewhere, and that must be changed. Life at its best is a grand corrective.

  Jessie Redmon Fauset

  Life, Change, Thinking

  Jessie Redmon Fauset (1924). “There is Confusion”, p.267, UPNE

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• The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

  Roald Dahl

  Pain, Healing, Health

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• Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf.

  Tom Flynn

  Love, Wisdom, Rose

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• I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be looked on as his heir and be categorised as an adventure novelist because that's exactly what I am.

  Wilbur Smith

  Book, Adventure, Romance

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• This Vladimir Brusiloff to whom I have referred was the famous Russian novelist. . . . Vladimir specialized in gray studies of hopeless misery, where nothing happened till page three hundred and eighty, when the moujik decided to commit suicide. . . . Cuthbert was an optimist at heart, and it seemed to him that, at the rate at which the inhabitants of that interesting country were murdering one another, the supply of Russian novelists must eventually give out.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Suicide, Country, Heart

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• When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.

  Steven Pressfield

  Drama, War, Character

  Interview with Will Duquette, www.patheos.com. May 21, 2014.

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• You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Math, Years, Brilliant

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You deserve all the good things that happen to you. Don't feel guilty and accept the blessings.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, God, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 27, 2011

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• If you have a dream , don't waste your energies explaining why.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Dream, Waste

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 30, 2014

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• Never save the best for later. You don't know what tomorrow holds.

  Paulo Coelho

  Future, Procrastination, Enjoy Life

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 25, 2011

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• The right to life means that a man has the right to support his life by his own work (on any economic level, as high as his ability will carry him); it does not mean that others must provide him with the necessities of life.

  Ayn Rand

  Life, Work, Mean

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.93, Penguin

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• You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service--it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one's country means that a man is personally unwilling to live as the conquered slave of any enemy, foreign or domestic. This is an enormous virtue.

  Ayn Rand

  Country, Mean, Men

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.18, Penguin

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• A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls; it does not sacrifice its knowledge, its view of the truth, to anyone's opinions, threats, wishes, plans.

  Ayn Rand

  Truth, Knowledge, Sacrifice

  "Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal".

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