Wikiquote:Quote of the day/May 28, 2014

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People will forget what you said
People will forget what you did
But people will never forget how you made them feel.

~ Maya Angelou ~


 

 

I enjoy decoration. By accumulating this mass of detail you throw light on things in a longer sense: in the long run it all adds up. It creates a texture — how shall I put it — a background, a period, which makes everything you write that much more convincing. Of course, all artists are terrible egoists. Unconsciously you are largely writing about yourself. I could never write anything factual; I only have confidence in myself when I am another character. All the characters in my books are myself, but they are a kind of disguise.

~ Patrick White ~