El Cansancio Quotes & Sayings

People sometimes act as though owning books you haven't read constitutes a charade or pretense, but for me, there's a lovely mystery and pregnancy about a book that hasn't given itself over to you yet--sometimes I'm the most inspired by imagining what the contents of an unread book might be. ~ Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude — Leah Price

I've learned that by returning my calls between 11:00 a.m. and noon and 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. I can keep them short and to the point because people are either hungry and starting to think about lunch or they are trying to gear down at the end of the day. — Geri Larkin

The play is independent of the pages on which it is printed, and 'pure geometries' are independent of lecture rooms, or of any other detail of the physical world. — G.H. Hardy

Well, he used to say that only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed. He also said that nothing had to be true, but everything had to sound true — Isaac Asimov

You no longer feel the fear of a change of being and desire ... The course of the hours lays not violent hands upon you ; necessity and chance guide not your steps ... I can hardly write without envy.
Michelangelo on the dead. — Michelangelo Buonarroti

Peaceful circulation has been interupted by barbed wire and concrete blocks. For a city or a people to be truly free, they must have the secure right, without economic, political or police pressure, to make their own choices and live their own lives. — John F. Kennedy

I do not need the strength of your arm to make a knight of you, Gavin. All I need is your heart, and that you have given,' the Prince said. — Chuck Black

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places. — James Monroe

What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation. — P.G. Wodehouse

I've decided to skip 'holistic'. I don't know what it means, and I don't want to know. That may seem extreme, but I followed the same strategy toward 'Gestalt' and the 'Twist', and lived to tell the tale. — Calvin Trillin

Absence of problems
does not lead to happiness.
Dealing with them does. — J. Benson

Oh. Yeah. That does make sense." Shaylin hesitated. "But I don't know which dorm room is hers."
"Third floor, number thirty-six. When they shared a brain, they used to say it stood for their chest size. I
said it was their combined IQ."
"Of course you did," Shaylin said.
"See, you do understand me!" Aphrodite said with fake enthusiasm. — Kristin Cast

Human mind & news Media work on the same principle: Unsatisfied with the past; worried about future; ignorant about the present moment. — Saurabh Sharma