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Tom Wolfe quote: "I'm a great believer in outlines."

I'm a great believer in outlines.

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LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA: WHY IT'S A BAD TITLEI admit that "Love in the time of . . ." is a great title, up to a point. You're reading along, you're happy, it's about love. I like the way the word time comes in - a nice, nice feeling. Then the morbid Cholera appears. I was happy till then. Why not "Love in the Time of the Blue, Blue, Bluebirds"? "Love in the Time of Oozing Sores and Pustules" is probably an earlier title the author used as he was writing in a rat-infested tree house on an... Steve Martin
Almost Kien was tempted to believe in happiness, that contemptible life-goal of illiterates. If it came of itself, without being hunted for, if you did not hold it fast by force and treated it with a certain condescension, it was permissible to endure its presence for a few days Elias Canetti
I am involved in Greenpeace. And I just recently completely switched my diet over to near-veganism. So you try to do little things that you can. I recycle every single day. Every single thing in my house that can be recycled is. Lindsey Shaw
In magic - and in life - there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between 2 points. 'Time' doesn't pass. Paulo Coelho
The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring. Frederik Pohl
It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on. C. S. Lewis
Voltaire quote: "All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out..."
All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out still more even when all the days are over. Voltaire
People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely. Henry Cantwell Wallace
Suzanne Collins quote: "Crying is not an option."
Crying is not an option. Suzanne Collins
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp into the water, and I did go part way, but I stopped. I went again and stopped. I then got out of the car and stood by the car a nervous wreck. Susan Smith
Steve Jobs quote: "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's..."
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Steve Jobs
Paul Simon quote: "And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow."
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow. Paul Simon
All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its stresses and strains on whatever thrives on its surface. The ambitions and dreams of men are irrelevant to this planetary giant which pursues its own way in its own manner. Man is its child, tenant and still, to this date, its captive. Jack Kirby
You realize there are certain things that you'll never do that you always thought would be part of your future. It's a big relief to discover what you are best suited for, and it's a real advantage to be able then to focus. Richard Hell
So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children. Sarah Jessica Parker