"Whether consciously or unconsciously, I felt myself drawn to writing a female character who was pretty flawed and not very virtuous or wonderful or attractive in these ways that throughout literary history we've come to expect female characters to be."

-- Leni Zumas

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Way Quotes

“Oh captain, my captain, bon voyage.”
“Never let hope elude you. That is life's biggest fumble.”
“[God] wants us to work with Him, honey. Not for Him.”

Source : Lynn Austin (2011). “Wonderland Creek”, p.324, Bethany House
“A prolonged future doesn't excite me. It would have to have a point.”

Source : "Fictional character: Robert Conway". "Lost Horizon", www.imdb.com. 1937.
“Don't be afraid to show who you are.”
“. . . for beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd.”
“We need to be rid of the insane policy of environmentalism. No more 'green', anti-growth, anti-science environmental policy.”
“Thank you Dad... for listening and caring, for giving and sharing, but, especially, for just being you! Happy Birthday to you”

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