"Mr. Douglass talks about the wrongs of the negro; but with all the outrages that he to-day suffers, he would not exchange his sexand take the place of Elizabeth Cady Stanton."

-- Susan B. Anthony

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“I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.”
“If you want to know what love is, have a child. If you want to know what pain is, bury him.”

Source : "Yo-Yo Boing!". Book by Giannina Braschi, 1998.
“I must say, some are not very beautifully made. Theyâ€™re coffee-table books for people who drink alcohol. I have nothing against coffee-table books as long as they are well done. They must not look like gravestones on a table. Sometimes they are too big, they come in boxes and things like this. No, a book has to be easy to open and you donâ€™t have to be a bodybuilder to lift it. I like books I can read in bed. Those big tombstones would kill me.”
“It is easy to forget how mysterious and mighty stories are. They do their work in silence, invisibly. They work with all the internal materials of your mind and self. They become part of you while changing you. Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.”
“I am primarily an oil painter and a studio painter, so originally I was going to do an oil painting.”
“When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'. I thought this is really like looking at another person.”
“The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.”
“Historical romance is still very strong in the market. Writers of historical romance are making the bestselling lists on a regular basis and careers are growing. However, since there is much more variety in romance today, the total sales of historicals might be down from their peak. The talk of the market softening is a reflection of this, and of the fact that one does not see big growth in this area of the market.”

Source : Source: writerunboxed.com

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