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“Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.”

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Jonathan Carroll is an American writer known for his unique literary style and rich imagination. His works span a variety of genres including fantasy, mystery, and realism, and have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“The future is fastidious and punctual. It keeps perfect time and arrives everywhere on the dot. In contrast, its slacker brother the past has no use for clocks or appointments. It comes and goes as it pleases in our memory, camping out wherever the hell it damn well wants to in there. Untrustworthy, prone to exaggeration, biased- you wouldn't lend it ten cents, but it *sure* can be charming and seductive when it feels like it.”

“There are people we meet in life who miss being important to us by inches, days, or heartbeats. Another place or time or a different emotional frame of mind and we would willingly fall into their arms; gladly take up their challenge or invitation. But as it is, we encounter them when we are discontent or content and they are not. Whatever they are, we are not and vice versa. Two trains going in different directions that pass for a few powerful moments at full speed, blasting noise and wind but then they are gone. Whatever serious chemistry might have been possible if, isn’t.”

“Buying a pair of shoes is one of the most optimistic acts I know, next to falling in love. I like nothing better than to see an old man wearing a brand new pair of brogues or cap-toed oxfords, preferably jaunty orange-brown, unscuffed, heels unworn. We want to be here tomorrow, but buying new shoes, like falling in love, says I plan on being here tomorrow.”

Knows Men Want Fall Next Plans Tomorrow Falling In Love Shoes Optimistic Brands Buying Brown Pairs Old Man Heels Orange Caps Brand New Oxford Pair Of Shoes New Shoes Brogues

Book:Outside the Dog Museum

Source: Outside the Dog Museum

“How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office without the benefit of bribes or patronage.”

Book Achieve Politician Office Benefits Asking Magician Bribe Patronage

Book:Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Source: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

“Eighty-six percent of the gun death of children under the age of 14 internationally is right here in the United States of America. It is madness.”

Children States Age America United United States Six Percent Gun Madness United States Of America Eighty

Author:Nita Lowey

“Save the stonewall to build the levees.”

Sea Levees

Author:Lloyd Doggett

“Sometimes when you get in a fight with a skunk, you can't tell who started it.”

Sometimes Fighting

Author:Lloyd Doggett

“It is an art in itself to compose a starting team, finding the balance between creative players and those with destructive powers, and between defence, construction and attack – never forgetting the quality of the opposition and the specific pressures of each match.”

Art Forget Quality Creative Player Team Balance Findings Pressure Starting Opposition Destructive Never Forget Construction Defence Destructive Power

Author:Rinus Michels

“Football is business and business is business.”

Football

Author:Rinus Michels

“The accent in the counter attack style of play lays on the defensive team function, with the emphasis being on the defender's own half of the field and letting the opponents keep the initiative of the game. This is to take advantage of the space behind their defense for the buildup and the attack.”

Play Games Space Behinds Half Team Style Fields Advantage Function Lays Defense Opponents Initiative Accents Emphasis Defenders Counter Attack

Author:Rinus Michels

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