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“...what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“I always have a comfortable feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction. When I want things done, which is always at the last moment, and I am met with such an answer: "It's too late. I hardly think it can be done;" I simply say:
"Nonsense! If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is, do you want to do it?”
― Around the World in 72 Days
"Nonsense! If you want to do it, you can do it. The question is, do you want to do it?”
― Around the World in 72 Days
“It all matters. How we live matters. Do we choose love or do we choose hate? Do we help or do we harm? Because there is no way to know the exact second your life changes forever. You can only begin to know that moment by looking in the rearview mirror. And trust me when I tell you when you never, ever see it coming.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
“Women are becoming the men we wanted to marry. (But too few men are becoming the women they wanted to marry)”
― The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion
― The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion
“For love is something positive, so strong, so real that it is impossible for one who loves to take back that feeling...
So I remain calm and confident through all this, and that influences my work, which attracts me more than ever, just because I feel I shall succeed. Not that I shall become anything extraordinary, but “ordinary,” and then I mean by ordinary, that my work will be sound and reasonable, and will have a right to exist, and will serve to some end. I think that nothing awakens us to the reality of life so much as a true love…”
― Ever Yours: The Essential Letters
So I remain calm and confident through all this, and that influences my work, which attracts me more than ever, just because I feel I shall succeed. Not that I shall become anything extraordinary, but “ordinary,” and then I mean by ordinary, that my work will be sound and reasonable, and will have a right to exist, and will serve to some end. I think that nothing awakens us to the reality of life so much as a true love…”
― Ever Yours: The Essential Letters
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Ellis’s 2025 Year in Books
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