Quote by John McGahern
When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something p

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody. – John McGahern

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When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. – John McGahern

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Reach for a better feeling thought. – Abraham–Hicks

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I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it. – Thornton Wilder

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But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange. – Rob Zombie

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In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. – Albert Camus

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