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Quote by Paul Auster

“Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.”

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Paul Auster is an American author known for his unique narrative style and philosophical reflections. His works often explore themes of identity, memory, and reality, and have won him a wide audience. more

“Our heroes are simple: they are brave, they tell the truth, they are good swordsmen and they are never in the long run really defeated. That is why no later books satisfy us like those which were read to us in childhood - for those promised a world of great simplicity of which we knew the rules, but the later books are complicated and contradictory with experience; they are formed out of our own disappointing memories.”

World Long Book Running Memories Simple Childhood Hero Brave Simplicity Complicated Telling The Truth Long Runs Defeated Contradictory Disappointing Swordsman

Author:Graham Greene

“Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.”

Persons Hope Midst Misfortunes

Author:Menander

“Speak not, move not, but listen, the sky is full of gold. No ripple on the river, no stir in field or fold, All gleams but naught doth glisten, but the far-off unseen sea. Forget days past, heart broken, put all memory by! No grief on the green hillside, no pity in the sky, Joy that may not be spoken fills mead and flower and tree.”

Heart May Past Moving Joy Speak Memories Forget Grief Tree Sea Sky Fields Flower Broken Rivers Gold Green Pity Unseen Folds Ripple Gleam Heart Broke Mead Glisten

Author:William Morris

“If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders.”

People Ifs Fun Leadership Mistake Leader Meetings Excited Having Fun Reports Making Mistakes Preparing Concentrating

Author:Robert Townsend

“He is a leader among leaders.”

Inspirational Leadership Leader

Author:Chris Carter

“No matter how successful a relationship may be, both sexually and emotionally, the lack of money can hamper and undermine, little by little, even the greatest passion.”

May Littles Matter Passion Money Successful Sexually Hamper

Book:Swift as Desire: A Novel

Source: Swift as Desire: A Novel

“The whole purpose of letting pain be pain is this: to let go of pain. By entering into it, we see that we are strong enough and capable enough to move through it. We find out that it ultimately has a gift for us.”

Enough Whole Pain Moving Purpose Strong Letting Go Capable Entering Strong Enough

Author:Matthew Fox

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