In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don’t win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.
A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.
In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you.
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence – a lot passes you by – simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can’t rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.
You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can’t answer slurs, but I’m here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn’t.
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