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Quote by Gregory Maguire

“There were people everywhere but no one was mine, and I was no one's.”

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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“Sometimes I’d get mad because things didn’t work out so well, I’d spoil a flapjack, or slip in the snowfield while getting water, or one time my shovel went sailing down into the gorge, and I’d be so mad I’d want to bite the mountaintops and would come in the shack and kick the cupboard and hurt my toe. But let the mind beware, though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.”

Want Mind Wells Sometimes Water Hurt Existence Circumstances Mad Work Out Flesh Kicks Glorious Bites One Time Slips Toes Sailing Spoil Shovels Cupboards Shack Gorges Flapjacks

Book:The Dharma Bums

Source: The Dharma Bums

“But they're already singing our praises!" "They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.”

Singing Praise Horns

Book:Goliath

Source: Goliath

“The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.”

Character Beautiful Perfect Acting Crafts Beautiful Things

Author:Nick Cannon

“Remember that fear causes to happen the very things it fears. That's why fear should be unknown to us.”

Should Happens Remember Causes Fear

Author:Louis de Bernieres

“Only through suffering do we learn”

Suffering

Author:Aeschylus

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