Authenticity Quote by Mark Leyner

“there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent…

— Charles Dickens

“At Times, even he admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it, and in moments of painful…

— Nicholas Sparks

“he had turned unfathomability into an art form. He attacked everything in life with a mixture of extraordinary genius and naïve incompetence and it…

— Douglas Adams

“He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious, the kind of person who believed…

— Cassandra Clare

“And despite it all, he has never been able to abandon hope that his betters will someday notice him. Will someday accept him as…

— Kim Wright

“In his contradictions he was as much an enigma as the country itself: a religious devotee out of spite at the soullessness of men…

— Halldór Laxness

“I say his version because there is no such thing as a true account of anything. Each sees the world from his own vantage…

— Gore Vidal

“He never considered himself anything special. He was just a man who tried to honor God and help people in need. In the end,…

— Janet Benge

“In the most secret heart of every intellectual ... there lies hidden ... the hope of power, the desire to bring his ideas to…

— Lionel Trilling

“Sometimes he felt like the only one on earth. He was different. He always was. His attempts at living in the regular world seemed…

— Ann Brashares

“His intelligence was relentless and wild, a fire even he couldn't control. It swallowed entire books at a sitting, finding flaws in arguments, gaps…

— Ian Caldwell

“It is a good lesson--though it may often be a hard one--for a man who has dreamed of literary fame, and of making for…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne