+ Imagining something is better than remembering something. Feraz Zeid, August 28, 2023December 24, 2023, John Irving, Philosophy, Remember, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ No one could have fathomed what a life he’d led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Mind, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored. Feraz Zeid, July 14, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Ignored, Rivals, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ People regard art too highly, and history not enough Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Art, Enough, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Our memory is a monster; you forget it – it does not. Feraz Zeid, June 6, 2023December 12, 2023, John Irving, Memories, Monsters, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ Almost everyone is dying to leave home, eventually; and almost everyone needs to. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Irving, Dying, Home, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ … but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Form, Human, 0 - John Irving Novelist
+ There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Irving, Children, 0 - John Irving Novelist
Death doesn’t frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life. - Jeanne Calment Painter · France
Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening. - Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
Stuff that’s hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don’t know what it does. - Jerry Garcia
If you got to castrate your miser’ble self with a piece o’ rusty barb wire, do it. - Fred Phelps Pastor
Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful. - Frederick Soddy Chemist · United Kingdom
The severity of the law of God is the necessary sequence of his infinite love. - G. Campbell Morgan Preacher · England
When you’re playing to an audience that isn’t your own, it’s quite scary. - Gabrielle Aplin Singer-songwriter · England