"Even the largest of my dreams and ambitions,……" — Rick Bass
"Even the largest of my dreams and ambitions, I realize with increasing dismay, were puny, measly, compared to the object of my dreaming. I would not say my life to date has been built overmuch of compromise, but still, it surrounds me."
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24 Quotes by Rick Bass
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Sometimes I perceive that there is a stillness and a wholeness in the world or in some portion or corner…
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Nothing will get you into trouble so deep or as sad as faith.
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The mountains have always been here, and in them, the bears.
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Nature, and the original system that created us, must always remain somehow with us, the bedrock of our movements and…
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A novel that features real people is complicated, but in the end, that extra challenge is all for the good.
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Fiction is harder for me than nonfiction - more gratifying, as a result, when it succeeds.
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My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July,…
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To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.
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