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There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#end #evasion #good #good end #guilt

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#friend #greatest #man #memory #worst

For when a child is born the mother also is born again. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

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I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment. ↗

— Molly Parker

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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. ↗

— Plato

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I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#being #between #blink #choice #give

They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a house and coming back three years later and saying, 'Paint it this color!' ↗

— Robert B. Parker

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Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing. ↗

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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