“What you don't know don't hurt you, for it ain't real. They called that Idealism in my book I had when I was in college, and after I got hold of that principle I became an Idealist. I was a brass-bound Idealist in those days. If you are an Idealist it does not matter what you do or what goes on around you because it isn't real anyway.”
― All the King's Men
― All the King's Men
“No one loved Paris better than a true Parisian. No one was prouder of his city than a true Parisian. No one was half so arrogant, so haughty, so conceited, and quite so irresistible. Why”
― Sarah's Key
― Sarah's Key
“Herr Bosch was purple nosed; the oxygen which by rights belonged to the veins of his face had for years gone to feed the sharp blue flame of all that liquor.”
― Schindler's List
― Schindler's List
“Decker smiled and shrugged off their laughter. The humour was only barbed if you sat on the outside, and now he was one of them.”
― The Zombie Room
― The Zombie Room
“Regardez autour de vous, enquêtez et écrivez. Ne perdez pas votre temps à des évidences. Ecrivez sur ce qui vous dérange, en particulier si cela ne dérange que vous.”
― The Help
― The Help
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