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Geoff Dyer Quotes

The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error Picture Quote #1

Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places - they carry their places with them. We never wonder where they live: they are at home in the sky, in flight. Flight is their way of being in the world Picture Quote #1

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they’ll forget all the bad stuff Picture Quote #1

I want to stress, this is the experience-growing up in a working-class family-that defined me and continues to define me. It’s the core of my being. And it explains, incidentally, a good deal about my love of America Picture Quote #1

I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of the opinion that one shouldn’t be bored and that there is no excuse for it and that it is a personal failing Picture Quote #1

Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire Picture Quote #1

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Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation Picture Quote #1

All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge Picture Quote #1

I had to be on my own, just so that I would not feel as alone Picture Quote #1

Life is bearable even when it’s unbearable: that is what’s so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it Picture Quote #1

To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf Picture Quote #1

People say it’s not what happens in your life that matters, it’s what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn’t happen, or something you thought didn’t happen. Otherwise there’d be no need for fiction, there’d only be memoirs and histories Picture Quote #1

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Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels Picture Quote #1

They made two thousand years ago seem like yesterday, and yesterday look like today, just as today would, in time, look like tomorrow Picture Quote #1

Once you turn forty... the whole world is water off a duck’s back. Once you turn forty you realize that life is there to be wasted Picture Quote #1

The best way to learn was by looking, to become articulate in the language of sight. The eye could learn to look after itself Picture Quote #1

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The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error (Geoff Dyer Quotes) Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places - they carry their places with them. We never wonder where they live: they are at home in the sky, in flight. Flight is their way of being in the world (Geoff Dyer Quotes) If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they’ll forget all the bad stuff (Geoff Dyer Quotes) I want to stress, this is the experience-growing up in a working-class family-that defined me and continues to define me. It’s the core of my being. And it explains, incidentally, a good deal about my love of America (Geoff Dyer Quotes) I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of the opinion that one shouldn’t be bored and that there is no excuse for it and that it is a personal failing. (Geoff Dyer Quotes) Have regrets. They are fuel. On the page they flare into desire (Geoff Dyer Quotes) Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation (Geoff Dyer Quotes) All the best essays are epistemological journeys from ignorance or curiosity to knowledge (Geoff Dyer Quotes) I had to be on my own, just so that I would not feel as alone (Geoff Dyer Quotes) Life is bearable even when it’s unbearable: that is what’s so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it (Geoff Dyer Quotes) To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf (Geoff Dyer Quotes) People say it’s not what happens in your life that matters, it’s what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn’t happen, or something you thought didn’t happen. Otherwise there’d be no need for fiction, there’d only be memoirs and histories (Geoff Dyer Quotes) Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels (Geoff Dyer Quotes) They made two thousand years ago seem like yesterday, and yesterday look like today, just as today would, in time, look like tomorrow (Geoff Dyer Quotes) Once you turn forty... the whole world is water off a duck’s back. Once you turn forty you realize that life is there to be wasted (Geoff Dyer Quotes) The best way to learn was by looking, to become articulate in the language of sight. The eye could learn to look after itself (Geoff Dyer Quotes)