"The collection is a labor of love and devotion, and whenever I found free time from my journalism work, I'd work on one story or another, or at least sketch out my characters, and research various issues related to my characters' dilemmas."

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Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

#Character Quotes #Issues Quotes #Stories Quotes

“You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.”
“Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.”
“I try not to articulate ideas in the film once I've arrived on the plot and the characters. I believe that if I focus my attention with enough compassion and heart on those things, then other things will be revealed, and that's from the education that I've had from the novel.”
“I believe the challenge the city faces is attracting continued development into the inner and western part of Jersey City. Nobody should be left behind as Jersey City continues to prosper and grow.”
“To attain individual morality in an age demanding social morality, to pride one's self on the results of personal effort when the time demands social adjustment, is utterly to fail to apprehend the situation.”
“There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.”

Source : John Darnielle (2014). “Wolf in White Van: A Novel”, p.157, Macmillan
“I can tell you how to get what you want: You've just got to keep a thing in view and go for it and never let your eyes wander to right or left or up or down. And looking back is fatal.”

Source : William John Locke (2008). “Septimus (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.113, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I believe that everything happens for a reason.”

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