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Quote by David Foster Wallace

“A novelist has to know enough about a subject to fool the passenger next to him on an airplane.”

Author

American novelist known for his unique literary style and profound insights into modern life. His works include 'Infinite Jest' and 'The Broom of the System'. more

“It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London...but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country'. Quoted in The Tale of Beatrix Potter a Biography by Margaret Lane, First Edition p 32-33”

Firsts Children Country Sometimes Happens Joy Interest Born Alive Brother Towns London Tales My Brother Biographies Potters Lanes Descent North Country

Author:Beatrix Potter

“When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall asleep, and then when she woke up she would feel another onrush of agitated happiness, which was a lot like panic. She wished she could grab the happiness and mash it into a ball and hoard it and gloat over it, but she couldn't. It just ran around all over the place, disrupting everything.”

Way Feels Fall Left Felt Hours Balls Ran Over It Panic Disturbed

Book:Because They Wanted To: Stories

Source: Because They Wanted To: Stories

“Ever notice how people wait until they're not going to see you anymore to say something nice to you?”

People Waiting Nice

Book:The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths

Source: The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths

“Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.”

Lying Half Half Truth

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“Whisky, I find, helps clarity of thought. And reduces pain. It has the additional virtue of making you drunk or, if taken in sufficient quantity, very drunk.”

Ifs Helping Pain Virtue Taken Clarity Drunk Sufficient Quantity Whisky Clarity Of Thought

Book:The Sense of an Ending

Source: The Sense of an Ending

“But the internet had changed everything: nobody was forgotten anymore.”

Changed Internet Forgotten

Author:Nick Hornby

“For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.”

Ifs Men Needs Sin Knaves Debonair

Book:The Prisoner of Zenda

Source: The Prisoner of Zenda

“Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.”