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There were moments when I fel...

There were moments when I felt seriously unhinged; when I was convinced that I would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it was absolutely clear to me that life from this point on would be constant agony.

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Tragedy is one of the larger ...

Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

The decision to write full ti...

The decision to write full time was made when I was twenty-eight years old and had just had two small plays accepted for BBC Radio.

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I've been known to write on t...

I've been known to write on the Underground in London and on the subway in New York. I have two or three cafes in Paris that I go into. I find a corner with a little shade, and I can work.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

From Graham Greene, I learnt ...

From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

With a novel, no matter where...

With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

Success is a very fragile ven...

Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

If there is an abiding theme ...

If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

We don't like admitting this,...

We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

But what we can never do is c...

But what we can never do is change the story that has made us what we are. It's a story completely dictated by the accumulation of life's manifold complexities—its capacity for astonishment and horror, for sanguinity and hopelessness, for pellucid light and the most profound darkness. We are what has happened to us.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

We all want to fix things. Ju...

We all want to fix things. Just as we all believe that so much in life can be rectified. Mend fences, build bridges, reach out, engage in mutual healing.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

The only time you truly becom...

The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

We can rarely tell others wha...

We can rarely tell others what we really think about them--not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

We all talk about how much we...

We all talk about how much we hate lies. Yet we prefer, so often, to be lied to....because it allows us to dodge all those painful truths we'd rather not hear.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

Because there is no meaning t...

Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

With a novel, no matter where ...

With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

There is much to be said for s...

There is much to be said for solitude.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

From Graham Greene, I learnt h...

From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

The only time you truly become...

The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

Because there is no meaning to...

Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds fly through it.

Douglas Kennedy 19 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....