#not

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #born #conspiracy #cultivation #feels

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#beings #beneath #better #hope #human

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#glorification #in the end #makes #nothing #other

A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear. ↗

— Christian Bale

#background #damn #disappear #fade #feel

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#i #i think #important #knowing #more

Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#i #i think #more #nothing #painter

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#difficult #easy #getting #notice #sit

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. ↗

— Balthus

#cannot #draw #eyes #must #pencil

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demand #esteem #exist #first #love

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#nothing #perhaps #politeness #soul #than