Jack Edwards > Jack's Quotes

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“The train was nearly twenty minutes late, an excellent performance by British Rail standards.”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

“I hadn't even the necessary credentials for schoolmastering - that last refuge of the unsuccessful literary man”
― Christopher Isherwood, Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties

“Fame is the enemy of instinct and spontaneity, the difference between what is said and what ought to be said, and the transformation of one person into two”
― Mahmoud Darwish, A River Dies of Thirst: Journals

“The feet walk fast for the loving heart’s sake, but when you feel no longing, your feet drag and ache”
― Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies

“Curiosity is a luxury for the financially secure.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones