No-one ever built a statue of a critic.
David Nicholls, One Day.
“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”
“You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle”
“You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.”
“Can I say something?''Go on''I'm a little drunk''Me too. That's okay.''Just....I missed you, you know.''I missed you too.''But so, so much, Dexter. There were so many things I wanted to talk to you...”
“Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.”
“Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.''It's the most we can hope for.”
“Your life experience is a moving picture, of which you are writer, director, performer, producer and critic.”
“I dont want to be a critic of the world. I want to encourage it.”
“What the critic as a teacher of language tries to teach is not an elegant accomplishment, but the means of conscious life. Literary education should lead not merely to the admiration of great liter...”
“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”
“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”
“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”
“I got together with Sylvre because I saw how I could help him get his life together. I'm drawn to you cause I see how you can help me take my life apart...”
“I got together with Sylvère because I saw how I could help him get his life together. I'm drawn to you cause I see how you can help me take my life apart...”