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Quote by Jose Saramago

“The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.”

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Portuguese writer known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical reflections. His notable works include 'The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis' and 'Blindness'. more

“Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it or not, "a tragic mask." On the other hand that kindly critic, the late James Agee, described my face as ranking "almost with Lincoln's as an early American archetype, it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful." I can't imagine what the great rail splitter's reaction would have been to this, though I sure was pleased.”

Years Believe Has Beens I Can Hands Beautiful Faces Imagine Late Stones Critics Reactions Mask Tragic Frozen Handsome Haunting Sour Rail Through The Years Archetype Ranking

Author:Buster Keaton

“Twas something else. I had come to hate her, you see. I had come to wish her dead, and that was what held me back.”

Hate Wish Hate Her

Book:A Good Marriage

Source: A Good Marriage

“Those who get in the way of love's path will be kicked by horses. ~Kyoya”

Way Path Horse Way Of Love

Author:Bisco Hatori

“Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.”

Ifs Sometimes Hurt Things To Do

Book:Full Dark, No Stars

Source: Full Dark, No Stars

“We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait for one hundred percent acceptance of yourself before you write, or even eight percent acceptance. Just write. The process of writing is an activity that teaches us about acceptance.”

Writing Doe Order Waiting Process Accepting Teach Acceptance Activity Percent Hundred Eight Halfway

Book:Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life

Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life

“I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard's hand until I tasted blood.”

Hands Bits Blood Rats

Book:Poison Study

Source: Poison Study

“Wine's terrible for babies." Dorian swept into the sitting room to join me, elegantly arranging himself on a love seat that displayed his purple velvet robes to best effect. "Well of course it is. I'd never dream of giving wine to an infant! What do you take me for, a barbarian? But for you... well, it might go a long way to make you a little less jumpy. You've been positively unbearable to live around. "I can't have it either. It affects the babies in utero.”

Way Giving Wells Littles Long I Can Dream Might Courses Rooms Effects Baby Terrible Sitting Wine Seats Take Me Infant Purple Long Way Positively Unbearable Barbarians Robes Velvet Arranging

Book:Shadow Heir

Source: Shadow Heir

“Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading.”

Thinking Sometimes Reading Heaven

Book:The Letters of Virginia Woolf: 1932-1935

Source: The Letters of Virginia Woolf: 1932-1935

“You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again.”

Thinking Knows Should Character Changed Where You Are Back Again

Author:Amy Tan

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