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Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Salman Rushdie

The thing that always attracted me to New York was the sense of being in a place where a lot of people had a lot of stories not unlike mine. Everybody comes from somewhere else. Everyone's got a Polish grandmother, some kind of metamorphosis in their family circumstances. That's a very big thing - the experience of not living where you started. — Salman Rushdie

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Paulo Coelho

Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is forget it. Whoever doubteth not himself is unworthy
for in his unquestioning belief in his ability, he commiteth the sin of pride. Blessed are they who go through moments of indecision. — Paulo Coelho

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Sergei Bubka

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything. — Sergei Bubka

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Chuck Palahniuk

Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people. — Chuck Palahniuk

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Israel Shenker

The unlettered man who prayed to his maker would be heard; the pedant reciting a faultless invocation would be ignored. — Israel Shenker

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Ali Shaw

Among the many fox magics her sobo had delighted in describing, the one that had most captured her imagination was the power to alter form. The most eldritch among foxes could turn (or so her grandmother would claim in that musical croak that was her storytelling voice) into human beings. The they would creep into the lives of lonely and impressionable souls and offer them long-sought affection. — Ali Shaw

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Brooke Shields

As I'm getting older, I'm enjoying my vices so much more because I feel like I've deserved them. — Brooke Shields

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Franz Kafka

But then - I was just following him in reverie over mountain and valley - he jumped with both feet onto the middle of my body. I shuddered with wild pain, utterly uncomprehending. Who was it? A child? A gymnast? A daredevil? A suicide? A tempter? An annihilator? — Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Franz Kafka

And now you intend to stay here with us in Riva?' asked the burgomaster. 'I do not,' said the hunter with a smile, and to excuse the jest he laid his hand on the burgomaster's knee. 'I am here, more than that I do not know. My boat has no rudder, it is driven by the wind that blows in the nethermost regions of death. — Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and began to read The Metamorphosis. The first line almost knocked me off the bed. I was so surprised. The first line reads, "As Gregor Samsa awoke that morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect ... " When I read the line I thought to myself that I didn't know anyone was allowed to write things like that. If I had known, I would have started writing a long time ago. So I immediately started writing short stories. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Maggie Stiefvater

As they walked, a sudden rush of wind hurled low across the grass, bringing with it the scent of moving water and rocks hidden in shadows, and Blue thrilled again and again with the knowledge that magic was real, magic was real, magic was real. — Maggie Stiefvater

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Robert Frost

Poetry is what gets lost in translation. — Robert Frost

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Bob Iger

I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy. — Bob Iger

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Franz Kafka

But when at long last he had got his head out over the side of the bed, in mid-air, he became afraid of continuing in this manner, for if he were to fall like that it would take a miracle for him not to sustain a head injury. And consciousness was the last thing he wanted to lose at the present time; he would rather stay in bed. — Franz Kafka

Metamorphosis And Other Stories Quotes By Nancy S. Mure

If you have WANNA, you can do ANYTHING!! - The Caterpillar That Wouldn't Change — Nancy S. Mure