"Let the space under the first storey be dark, let the water lap the stone posts, and vivid green slime glimmer upon them; let a boat be kept there."

-- Denise Levertov

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“And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.”

Source : Arthur Plotnik (1984). “The elements of editing: a modern guide for editors and journalists”, Scribner Paper Fiction
“...well this US eight, with all its material occupying every seat just would not go fast. They rowed their hearts out but it never started to sing through the water. And no one ever found out why. The answer to this is slightly mystical because the sum of a crew is greater than its parts. Those eight heavyweights had not time to develop the bond, the sacred trust, that can make a racing eight fly.”
“I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.”
“We have substituted organizing for agonizing and equipment for endowment.”
“Always remember honey. A good motto is: Take all you can get and give as little as possible.”
“Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain, you may be doing some good work.”
“This progressive effacement of human relationships is not without certain problems for the novel. How, in point of fact, would one handle the narration of those unbridled passions, stretching over many years, and at times making their effect felt on several generations? Weâ€™re a long way from Wuthering Heights, to say the least. The novel form is not conceived for depicting indifference or nothingness; a flatter, more terse, and dreary discourse would need to be invented.”
“I'm a light comedienne, that's really where I live the most often.”

Source : "Taking Flight". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. March 9, 2011.

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