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Quote by William Saroyan

“Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.”

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William Saroyan was an American playwright and novelist known for his humorous and satirical style. His works often explored social and human issues from the perspective of Armenian-American individuals. more

“The writer is a spiritual anarchist, as in the depth of his soul every man is. He is discontented with everything and everybody. The writer is everybody's best friend and only true enemy-the good and great enemy. He neither walks with the multitude nor cheers with them. The writer who is a writer is a rebel who never stops”

Men Soul Spiritual Walks Enemy Depth Every Man Cheer Rebel Multitudes Anarchist

Book:He flies through the air with the greatest of ease: a William Saroyan reader

Source: He flies through the air with the greatest of ease: a William Saroyan reader

“Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.”

Fame Dignity Few Words Tombstone Headstone

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a poverty-stricken soil, imagine - if you have never visited it - the desolate kingdom where it rules.”

Ifs Poverty Break Imagine Food Tables Cooking Kingdoms Soil Culinary Jewels Desolate Sprung Truffles

Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.”

Blue Wine Connoisseur

Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the storm...and when the wind did not blow her way - - and it surely has not - - she adjusted her sails.”

Knows Way Children Able Wind Blow Storm My Children Grandmother Sail

Book:Resilience: The New Afterword

Source: Resilience: The New Afterword

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