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“The dreams are the skeleton of all reality.”

Quote by James Salter

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James Salter, born on June 10, 1925, was an influential American novelist known for his concise and profound writing style. His works, which cover themes such as love, war, and human nature, are considered classics of American literature. Salter's notable works include 'Last Summer' and 'Alaska'. more

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“The myriad past, it enters us and disappears. Except that within it, somewhere, like diamonds, exist the fragments that refuse to be consumed. Sifting through, if one dares, and collecting them, one discovers the true design.”

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Book:A Sport and a Pastime

Source: A Sport and a Pastime

“Solitude. One knows instinctively it has benefits that must be more deeply satisfying than those of other conditions, but still it is difficult.”

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Book:A Sport and a Pastime

Source: A Sport and a Pastime

“A film writer is very much like a party girl. While you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. But your appeal doesn't last long and you're quickly discarded.”

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Author:James Salter

“Life is weather. Life is meals.”

Life Is Weather Meals

Book:Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps

Source: Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps

“Happiness is often at its most intense when it is based on inequality.”

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Author:James Salter

“Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.”

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Author:John Dewey

“I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.”

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Author:James Salter

“Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things.”

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Author:James Salter

“The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous.”

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Author:Diodorus Siculus

“Physically the Celts are terrifying in appearance, with deep sounding and very harsh voices. In conversation they use few words and speak in riddles, for the most part hinting at things and leaving a great deal to be understood. They frequently exaggerate with the aim of extolling themselves and diminishing the status of others. They are boasters and threateners and given to bombastic self-dramatization, and yet they are quick of mind and with good natural ability for learning.”

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Author:Diodorus Siculus