"As writer pay declined and teacher pay also, we all started hanging out online. You could say online social networks cheapen our friendships or you could say we were cheapened by a plutocratic power grab and this is all we can afford."

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Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016.

Alexander Chee

#Teacher Quotes #Pay Quotes #Social Network Quotes

“They [Narnia] are, perhaps, the greatest classics of childrenâ€™s literature of the twentieth century.”
“I've always loved food too much to be a model.”
“Why isn't everything exploding?!”
“In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.”

Source : William Lilly, Elias Ashmole (1822). “William Lilly's history of his life and times from the year 1602 to 1681”, p.21
“The overwhelming majority of Puerto Rico is completely, completely alienated from the political structure. Colonialism is really, really strong and alive in Puerto Rico. And the politicians have taken full advantage of that. We have a debt of $74 billion, caused primarily by the system and the political structure that exists in Puerto Rico.”
“I hope to grow another head and two more hands, like an Indian goddess.”
“I love the fact that I can go to a museum now that tells me I'm in the postmodern age.”
“When conventional tactics are altered unexpectedly according to the situation, they take on the element of surprise and increase in strategic value .”

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