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Her mind moved around and around the subject, moving with a kind of fuzzy firmness. With no coherent thought process, she arrived at a conviction - a habit with the basically insecure; an insecurity whose seeds are invariably planted earlier, in under or over-protectiveness, in a distrust in parental authority which becomes all authority. It can later, with maturity - a flexible concept - be laughed away, dispelled by determined clear thinking. Or it can be encouraged by self-abusive resentment and brooding self-pity. It can grow ever greater until the original authority becomes intolerable, and a change becomes imperative. Not to a radical one in thinking; that would be too troublesome, too painful. The change is simply to authority in another guise which, in time, and under any great stress, must be distrusted and resented even more than the first.


Jim Thompson


#change

Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities?


George Phillips Bond


#any #authorities #discover #madam #more

The only certainties in life are “time” and “change.” The question you must ask yourself: is now the time to change?


Doug Pedersen


#quotes-by-doug-pedersen #tuina-breath #change

We all live inside the terrible engine of authority, and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one will say: lines on maps are silly.


Catherynne M. Valente


#authority #life #rules #society #life

When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the same person is just fine in plenty of other moments. Now, when I myself hear that somebody is dead, I simply shrug and say what the Tralfamadorians say about dead people, which is "So it goes.


Kurt Vonnegut


#death #excerpt #favourite-quote #life #novel

Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than you can do anything else then go ahead and do it without frills and flourishes. Stick to your present job and write in your spare time: but do it as if it is a whole time job.


Ngaio Marsh


#creative-process #writing #death

Silent moments are valuable! They give you a good opportunity to design new paths in your life!


Mehmet Murat ildan


#design

I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I enjoyed?' I've been writing about a subject I love as long as I can remember--horses and the people associated with them, anyplace, anywhere, anytime. I couldn't be happier knowing that young people are reading my books. But even more important to me is that I've enjoyed so much the writing of them.


Walter Farley


#authors #be-yourself #enjoy-life #follow-your-dreams #inspirational

You've got to be smart enough to write and stupid enough not to think about all the things that might go wrong.


Sarah Gilbert


#dream #writing #dreams






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