“The avenues he had taken as a young man had pretty much dictated what the remaining years of his life would be like.”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Winner
“and out of his life. As he”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Winner
“in this house, speaking and thinking”
― David Baldacci, quote from The Winner
David Baldacci
Born place: in Richmond, Virginia, The United States
Born date August 5, 1960
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“Power is an ugly thing. Run from it while you can.”
― Amanda Sun, quote from Ink
“But love? Who can say what is just a mire of dark needs and desires, and what is true love? Does such a thing exist? Can't it be that if we say, 'I love you' to another person and know that we mean it, then that is love, regardless of the motive?”
― John Ajvide Lindqvist, quote from Harbor
“Pišem zato što mi to spontano dolazi! Pišem zato što ne mogu da radim običan posao kao drugi. Pišem da bi se pisale knjige kao što ih ja pišem i da ih čitam. Pišem zato što se strašno ljutim na sve vas, na svakoga. Pišem zato što mi se mnogo dopada da po celi dan sedim i pišem. Pišem zato što mogu da se pomirim sa stvarnošću jedino ako je promenim. Pišem da čitav svet sazna kakav smo život živeli i živimo – ja, drugi, svi mi u Istanbulu, u Turskoj. Pišem zato što volim miris papira, pera, mastila. Pišem zato što više od svega verujem literaturi i umetnosti romana. Pišem zato što je to navika i strast. Pišem zato što se plašim da budem zaboravljen. Pišem zato što mi se sviđa slava i zanimanje koje to donosi. Pišem da bih ostao sâm. Pišem da bih možda razumeo zašto se toliko ljutim na sve vas i svakoga. Pišem zato što mi se sviđa da me čitaju. Pišem da bih najzad završio taj roman, ovaj tekst, tu stranicu koju sam jednom započeo. Pišem zato što to svi od mene očekuju. Pišem zato što detinjasto verujem u večnost biblioteka i to da će mi knjige stajati na policama. Pišem zato što je život, svet, sve oko nas toliko lepo i zadivljujuće da je to neverovatno. Pišem zato što je zabavno u reči pretočiti svu tu lepotu i bogatstvo života. Pišem ne da bih pričao priču, već da bih je stvorio.
Pišem da bih se oslobodio osećanja da postoji neko mesto u koje uvek treba ići i u koje nikako ne mogu da odem – kao u snu. Pišem zato što nikako ne mogu da budem srećan. Pišem da bih bio srećan.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from Other Colors: Essays and A Story
“What was it about this man that one minute had me wanting to throw myself at him, climb him like a cat to rub up against and the next, wanting to scratch his eyes out while I was up there?”
― quote from The Triple Goddess
“Sometimes it seemed as if his whole life was an exercise in waiting; not waiting to leave, exactly, but simply waiting to go. He felt like one of those fish that had the capacity to grow in unimaginable ways if only the tank were big enough. But his tank had always been small, and as much as he loved his home- as much as he loved his family- he'd always felt himself bumping up against the edges of his own life.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, quote from The Geography of You and Me
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