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title: "2 Diminish Quotes By William Boyd"
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> [I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/i-tend-to-admire-dead-people-more-than-the-living-all-too-often-human/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

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> [“You think it begins to diminish with time, the pain, then it comes back and hits you with a rawness and freshness you had forgotten.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/you-think-it-begins-to-diminish-with-time-the-pain-then-it-comes-back/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

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## Other authors on Diminish

## More by William Boyd

> [Sometimes limbo is a tolerable place to be stuck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/sometimes-limbo-is-a-tolerable-place-to-be-stuck/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“Here at its extremities the terrified transients gathered, gazing out at the vast refulgent ocean for some sign of security.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/here-at-its-extremities-the-terrified-transients-gathered-gazing-out/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“We all possess, like it or not, the people we know, and are possessed by them in turn.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/we-all-possess-like-it-or-not-the-people-we-know-and-are-possessed-by/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“Old Testament prophets. ‘You savvy dis fetish thing?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/old-testament-prophets-you-savvy-dis-fetish-thing/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [Human beings are interested in the human condition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/human-beings-are-interested-in-the-human-condition/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“A warm sunny evening, the plash and gurgle of the waves in the rock pools, the rush of the cold gin. I thought for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/a-warm-sunny-evening-the-plash-and-gurgle-of-the-waves-in-the-rock/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/i-have-this-lock-of-hair-that-keeps-falling-across-my-forehead-it/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera's point of view, good acting - but even the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/with-film-you-have-very-limited-tools-to-convey-subjectivity/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“any man over forty who deliberately combs his hair forward in a child’s fringe has something suspect about him,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/any-man-over-forty-who-deliberately-combs-his-hair-forward-in-a-child/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [There are things in life we don't understand, and when we meet them, all we can do is let them alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/there-are-things-in-life-we-don-t-understand-and-when-we-meet-them/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“All great artists are doubters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/all-great-artists-are-doubters/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“Feelings of depression; feelings of frustration; feelings of emptiness in the face of all this randomness - done down by the haphazard, yet again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/feelings-of-depression-feelings-of-frustration-feelings-of-emptiness/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“I am a total stranger, you see. Total.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/i-am-a-total-stranger-you-see-total/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [There is a disconnect between the film Bond and the literary Bond which is their contemporaneity. I don't suffer from that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/there-is-a-disconnect-between-the-film-bond-and-the-literary-bond/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

> [“So much for my great vendetta, so much for the tireless hunt for my betrayer. Isn't this how life turns out, more often than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/so-much-for-my-great-vendetta-so-much-for-the-tireless-hunt-for-my/)

[William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/)

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