Thinking Quotes by Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave

I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there has not been a result we can all agree on. And it is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated. Yet war doesn’t end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation.

Forgiving

Thinking

War

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Chris Cleave

I think all of us are intrigued to imagine what we as individuals would become, if we were ever tested as hard as that golden generation was.

Generations

Golden

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Chris Cleave

I think bravery means a different thing to everyone.

Bravery

Mean

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Chris Cleave

I think that the relationship between two top-level athletes who are rivals is one of the most fascinating human relationships to explore. It’s always one atom away from being a tragedy.

Athlete

Thinking

Two

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Chris Cleave

I think that there’s something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto – ‘Swifter, higher, stronger’ – it’s such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.

Beautiful

Stronger

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Chris Cleave

I think the recent cluster of WWII novels is so good because we have reached an optimal distance from the war. Just as a lens has its focal length, the novel also has its best distance from the action.

Distance

Thinking

War

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Chris Cleave

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn’t the most athletic guy at school.

Guy

School

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Chris Cleave

If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.

Serious

Thinking

Would Be

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Chris Cleave

We’re often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don’t stop to think about what it means.

Mean

People

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Chris Cleave

Wouldn’t that be funny, if the oil rebels were playing U2 in their jungle camps, and the government soldiers were playing U2 in their trucks. I think everyone was killing everyone else and listening to the same music… That is a good trick about this world, Sarah. No one likes each other, but everyone likes U2.

Government

Oil

Thinking

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