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Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#environment #how #illustrates #individual #kafka

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#make #me #nervous #tardiness

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#being #certain #essayist #fantasy #follow

I also turn down what's probably a good amount of coinage to be made out of playing dads, an incredible number of obnoxious dad. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#amount #dad #dads #down #good

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ↗

— Pythagoras

#cannot #concern #control #depression #drive

Love moves in sync with the cadence of forgiveness, sings in tune with the melody of acceptance, and dances in rhythm with the music of companionship. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#companionship #dances #forgiveness #happiness #life

There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#everyone #exclusion #idea #sense

Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#avoided #because #bewildered #comedies #feeling

For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#badly #either #hear #listening #lying

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents