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Quote by Donald Barthelme

“Write about what you're afraid of.”

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Donald Barthelme was an American author born on April 7, 1931, and passed away on July 23, 1989. Known for his unique literary style and experimental writing, Barthelme is considered one of the representatives of postmodernist literature. more

“Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there's always that day. That day is always in your possession. That's the day you remember. You get old and you think: well, at least I had that day. It happened once. You think all the variables might just line up again. But they don't. Not always. I once talked to a woman who said, "Yeah, that's the day we had an angel around.”

Thinking Wells Mean Said Matter Might Remember Lines Happened Angel Yeah Possession Good Day Remember You Remembers You Sour Variables

Book:The feast of love

Source: The feast of love

“My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.”

Life Is Shoes Worn Life Is Like Worn Out

Book:Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball

Source: Lengthen Your Stride: The Presidency of Spencer W. Kimball

“The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable. But to achieve the marvelous, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”

Self Certain Situation Destiny Achieve Marvelous Unthinkable

Author:Tom Robbins

“Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.”

World Inspirational Book Ends Order Reading

Author:Stephane Mallarme

“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never would.”

Men Might Lord Magic Strange Honor Killing Gentleman Dislike Magician Wellington

Book:Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Source: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

“When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last.”

Want Lasts Spiritual Dies Turns Sun Missing Leafs

Book:The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara

Source: The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara

“17. The self ended and the world began. They were of equal size, commensurate, one mirrored the other. 18. The riddle was: why couldn't we live in the mind. The answer was: the barrier of the earth intervened.”

World Mind Self Earth Answers Equal Size Barriers Riddle

Author:Louise Glück

“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.”

Mind Different Quality Beauty Perceive Contemplating Definition Of Beauty Different Beauty

Author:David Hume

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