"I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or novella for them. Things change. A rejection slip today might mean a frantic call to your agent in six months."

-- MaryJanice Davidson

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“Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.41, LSU Press
“I don't pick on politicians. They ain't done nothin'.”
“Celebration is a kind of food we all need in our lives, and each individual brings a special recipe or offering, so that together we will make a great feast. Celebration is a human need that we must not, and can not, deny. It is richer and fuller when many work and then celebrate together.”

Source : Corita Kent, Jan Steward (2008). “Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit”, p.326, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Get drunk, Austin, have a love affair. It would be a tragedy to die and discover that you hadn't completely used up your body.”
“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it”
“Everybody can write a beginning and an ending, but to actually define that middle point where everything will go from professional to person, where everything will change, is always the hardest part, because it can very easily be too constructed, too artificial.”
“It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.”
“I love to feel a racing car around me, to feel the way it holds me. I love to make it do all that it was built to do, and then a little bit more.”

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