"My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted."

-- Beverly Cleary

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“The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.”
“There is always that one band that comes along when you are 14 or 15 years old that manages to hit you in just the right way and changes your whole perception of things”

Source : "Progress Report: Arctic Monkeys". Interview with T. Cole Rachel, www.stereogum.com. May 31, 2011.
“people share a common nature but are trained in gender roles.”
“A bottomless pit of violence, a Tower of Babel where all are speakers and no hearers.”
“Thatâ€™s right, Iâ€™m crazy. But, I donâ€™t ever want to go back to being of sound mind again. I donâ€™t think Iâ€™ll ever be able to. Because as crazy as I may get, I only have eyes for Ju Yoo Rin.”
“England is better only because I stand out there as 'unusual'.”
“One develops an instinct for letting silence do the heavy lifting. In the three, four, five seconds that passed without either of us speaking, the many ways the conversation could go came and went like time-lapse film of flowers blooming and dying.”
“I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.”

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