"Life, he thought, is a blatant act of…" — Jess Walter

"Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination."

— Jess Walter

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38 Quotes by Jess Walter

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You have to do disappointment twice.
All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history,…
At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think…
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a…
Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already…
If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.
What business does memory have with time?
There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for…
Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space…
A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his…
Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story...your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but…
Some memories remain close; you can shut your eyes and find yourself back in them. But there are second-person memories,…

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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