"O God, let me write books! Please, God, let me write books!"

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Ellen Glasgow

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Let Me Quotes

“Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.”

Source : The Essential Lenny Bruce, ed. John Cohen (1967)
“And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because youâ€™re a dreamer, an incredible dreamer, with a tiny spark hidden somewhere inside you which cannot die, which even you cannot kill or quench and which tortures you horribly because all the odds are against its continual burning. In the midst of the foulest decay and putrid savagery, this spark speaks to you of beauty, of human warmth and kindness, of goodness, of greatness, of heroism, of martyrdom, and it speaks to you of love.”
“There's a time and place for the Kindle, and I own one now and have books on it that I don't otherwise have. But I don't find that my hand reaches out for it the way it does for a trade paperback, or (in the middle of the night) for the iPod Touch.”
“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.”
“I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.”
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”
“Have a relationship with Jesus and make it your top priority. I've also learned that it doesn't pay to stress and worry, just go where God leads you.”
“Listen, you. Don't threaten me. I could make your life a nightmare. He put his hand in front of her face and unfolded three fingers as he said, I'm F-B-I. She smiled. It wasn't the reaction he expected. You want to talk nightmares? she said. She put her hand up to his face and unfolded her three fingers. I'm I-R-S.”

Source : Julie Garwood (2012). “A Girl Named Summer”, p.151, Penguin

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