When I started writing, I was a great rationalist and believed I was absolutely in control. But the older one gets, the more confused, and for an artist I think that is quite a good thing: you allow in more of your instinctual self; your dreams, fantasies and memories. It's richer, in a way. John Banville
Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.
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Tessa Dare
I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.
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Jess C. Scott
A fit, healthy body–that is the best fashion statement
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Jess C. Scott
I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?
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Jess C. Scott
V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.
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Jess C. Scott
More Quotes By John Banville
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower–suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.
