“There is a great consolation in simply doing something you love.”
― Still Me
― Still Me
“But like my dad used to say, the crucial thing about an education is the opportunity that it brings, the doors it opens, because otherwise knowledge, in and of itself, is a blind alley, especially from where I'm sitting.”
― Starter for Ten
― Starter for Ten
“All things truly wicked start from innocence. So you live day by day and enjoy what you have and do not worry. You lie and hate it and it destroys you and every day is more dangerous, but you live day to day as in a war.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“But neither bull force nor bull courage lasted, she knew now, and what did last? I last, she thought. Yes, I have lasted. But for what?”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
“The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before; and too damned much after. Let those who want to save the world if you can get to see it clear and as a whole. Then any part you make will represent the whole if it's made truly. The thing to do is work and learn to make it.”
― Death in the Afternoon
― Death in the Afternoon
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