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John Sterling

John Sterling

John Sterling föddes den 20 juli 1806
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Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

Man is a substance clad in shadows.

Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness

[The] ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

Everyone is still waiting for the book that everyone greets as the big literary book. People thought it would be a strong year for fiction but it hasn't turned out that way.

[The Booker elicits a massive amount of press coverage in Britain - one paper devoted two entire pages of its news section to analysis of the long list, including a full-page chart with the covers of all the books, descriptions of them and predictions of how they will do in the competition. Literature doesn't get nearly as much attention in the United States, but when I returned from vacation, the Associated Press was running a story about the year in books that presented a very different view from the British one.] I think everyone is still waiting for the book that everyone greets as the big literary book, ... People thought it would be a strong year for fiction, but it hasn't turned out that way.

It is high, it is far, it is....GONE!

Doctorow’s book is possible, ... I’m hearing very good advance word on that one. It would be great to see something break through.

The situation is so complex, and books allow reporters and analysts and participants to go deeper, to provide an edification that's difficult for other media to do.

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