“If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses. They blossomed; they did not talk about blossoming. They grew; they did not talk about growing.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“A Thought about Ourselves,” p. 122
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Hopelessness”

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poet, writer, and businessman 1959

Hugh Prather (1938–2010) American writer

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“When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

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“We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.”

François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

On aime mieux dire du mal de soi-même que de n'en point parler.
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“We generally did not talk about the stock market very much at the Fed.”

Alan Greenspan (1926) 13th Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the United States

Source: 2000s, The Age of Turbulence (2008), Chapter Eight, "Irrational Exuberance", p. 165.

“We're talking about the novel, right? But maybe we're not. We're talking about ourselves. And I guess that's what can start to happen when you talk about a book.”

Meg Wolitzer (1959) American writer

Source: Belzhar

“I would blossom if I were a rose.”

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) American poet

Source: The Lamp and the Bell

“It happened again this afternoon. Just the way it did that other night. We were talking--talking about how to protect her, actually--and then, suddenly, I looked at her and it was as if I'd found an entire universe in her eyes.”

Cate Tiernan (1961) American novelist

Source: Awakening

“We talked about nothing in particular, but it felt like we were talking about the most important things…”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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“People talk about how wonderful the world seems to children, and that's true enough. But children think they will grow into it and understand it, and I know very well that I will not, and would not if I had a dozen lives.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

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“I like to think that she was right. And I would have responded, but soon our talk show came on, and we stopped worrying about ourselves and each other and started worrying about celebrities.”

Eric Garcia (1972) An amazing author who has written several wonderful books!

Source: The Repossession Mambo (2009), Chapter 12 (p. 187)

“If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses. They blossomed; they did not talk about blossoming. They grew; they did not talk about growing.”

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