"I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and published novels; it couldnâ€™t be so hard, right?"

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Source : "How To Write Your First Book". Interview with Sandra Allen, www.buzzfeed.com. November 21, 2013.

Heidi Julavits

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Marveling Quotes

“To be what is called happy, one should have (1) something to live on, (2) something to live for, (3) something to die for. The lack of one of these results in drama. The lack of two results in tragedy.”
“Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a 'war on terrorism'. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?”

Source : "Powell speaks with forked tongue" by Terry Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2003.
“I hate puppets so much.”
“My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris.”
“I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?”

Source : "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.
“My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country.”
“Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.”
“You've read half the books in this house? This whole house?" "Well, approximately half." Sticky said. "To be more accurate, I suppose I've read more like" - his eyes went up as he calculated - "three sevenths? Yes, three sevenths." "Only three sevenths?" said Kate, pretending to look disappointed. "And here I was prepared to be impressed.”

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