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invisibility is a luxury. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Were there not these still mirrors to reflect the beauty of the heavens to us, it might be lost to eyes so seldom lifted upwards. — John Sullivan Dwight

At 'GQ,' there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Fearing the worst is worse than knowing the worst. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

I'm just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Freaky things happen all the time in the world. I suppose everything has to happen for the first time at some point. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Even the great anxiety of writing can be stilled for the eight minutes it takes to eat a pineapple popsicle. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated than you think. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people. — Gore Vidal

Sweet tea and bourbon? — Tiffany Reisz

Personally, I'd rather have pins stuck in my eyes than endure a conversation with John Kerry, but I'd love to hang with Bush. — Andrew Sullivan

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. — Charles Douglas Jackson

Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil.
Is not true leisure one with true toil? — John Sullivan Dwight

Oh may the thunder awaken me, the sun help me see, the rain refresh me and my soul bloom in thee. — Jonah Books

As the planet warms, evolution speeds. We've known this for a long time. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you. — Paul Allen

A spirit of satirical frivolity so dominated Britain in the 1960s that one critic feared the country would sink giggling into the sea. — John O'Sullivan

You hate me because deep down you want to be me — Bradley Bowman

Life before birth is a dream, life after death is another dream. What comes between is only a mirage of the dreams. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Nope,' Jamie said without hesitation, which is how I knew he was lying. But I understood why. Sometimes lies are easier to believe. — Michelle Hodkin

Thinking you're a genius is death. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

It's just amazing the lengths people go to, to be thought of as special. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

We live in such constant nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

The process of being a writer is much more interior than being a scientist, because science is so reactionary. — Hanya Yanagihara

To live in the past is to miss today's opportunities and tomorrow's blessings. — Quentin Crisp

The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

The best government is that which governs least. — John L. O'Sullivan

Every unhappy family is periodically ransacked by joy. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

Rest is the fitting of self to its sphere. — John Sullivan Dwight

What's old doesn't need to be old-fashioned. It gets reborn. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

A good writer wants from us - or has no right to ask more than - intelligence, good faith and time. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. — Penn Jillette

We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march? — John L. O'Sullivan

They are trying to live, but they have no room to breathe. So they try harder and breathe less. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

By no means was crazy unique to the South,but it sure did love to parade it around on the front porch, give it a drink and welcome the world to stare. — Robert Reeves

I know someone loves me from how they say my name. Like with my mom and dad, when they say "Benjamin" it's like my name is safe in their mouth. — David Ebershoff

I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. — F Scott Fitzgerald