Category: wise quotes. Page 5
The love of a parent for a child is a strange thing. Every other love - for other people - begins somewhere. But we loved this man for an eternity, we loved him even before he was born. No matter how much you prepare, the first moment for all mothers and fathers is always a shock: when a wave of feelings overwhelms you and the ground disappears from under your feet. It is impossible to understand this because there is nothing to compare it with. It's like trying to describe the feeling of sand between your toes or snowflakes on your tongue to someone who has lived in a dark room all their life. The soul turns over.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:29
Gould said something else that was interesting to me on the day of my first two notes: write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your writing begins for yourself, in other words, but then it goes out into the world. When you understand what a thing is and do it right - at least as best you can - it belongs to everyone who wants to read it. Or criticize. If you are very lucky (this is my idea, but I think John Gould would have subscribed to it), there will be more of the former than the latter.
Quote Explanation: This was the advice given to young Stephen King by editor John Gould.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:29
It's not difficult to fight. It's hard to just start and finish. When you have already started, then instinct kicks in. The most difficult thing in any violence is to strike the first blow and, having gained the upper hand, stop in time and not strike the last one.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:26
- When I spilled milk as a child, my father always punished me. It didn't make me any more dexterous. I just started to be afraid to take milk in my hands. Remember this.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:26
It is from reality that the most wonderful fairy tales grow.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:25
Living a life constantly worrying about what others will think is exhausting, don't you think?
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:22
An entrepreneur who does not move forward does not stand still, but moves backward.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:22
Let's clear something up right now, okay? There is no Landfill of Ideas, no Central Repository, no Island of Lost Bestsellers. Good story ideas literally come out of nowhere, falling straight out of the blue: two completely separate thoughts mesh together and something new emerges under the sun. Your job is not to look for these ideas, but to recognize them when they appear.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:21
There is nothing more difficult than admitting your own hypocrisy.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:21
When those who are silent are most likely the majority, then even a handful of voices can be mistaken for a unanimous chorus
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:21
In the event of a conflict, the first thing we do is choose a side, because it’s easier than holding two opinions in our heads at the same time. Secondly, we look for facts that confirm what we want to believe, this is the most pleasant thing, it allows us to live on as if nothing had happened. Thirdly, we stop considering our enemy as a person. There are many ways to do this, but the simplest is to strip him of his name.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:21
Hate can be a very inspiring emotion. The world ceases to be incomprehensible and frightening if you divide everyone into friends and enemies, friends and foes, good and bad. The easiest way to unite a group is not love at all, because love is difficult, love is demanding. And hatred is simple.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:21
People grow up so inexorably fast.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:20
Then you can survive everything. Almost.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:20
A joke is a powerful thing - it can bring you into a certain circle and it can exclude you. Draw a line between “us” and “them”.
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Viker 19-03-2024 / 12:16
