“Brando said he'd noticed that powerful people spoke quietly, and Don Corleone's quiet calm and nearly inaudible speaking voice are key to the character. When Corleone speaks, you have to be quiet to hear him. What can we learn from Don Corleone (that doesn't involve killing people)? That quiet does have its own power, if we harness it.”
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“After awhile you could get used to anything.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Marriage should be no prison, but a garden in which something higher is cultivated.”
― When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
― When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
“Love isn’t soft, like those poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.”
― The Body
― The Body
“I should have become an "I" before I became a "we".”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
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