"It is always sort of unnerving to hear from people who've read my books. I'm not reading any of the reviews and most of my friends haven't read it - they bought it, which is all I frankly care about, but they haven't read it."

-- Hanya Yanagihara

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #People Quotes

“There is no poetry where there are no mistakes.”

Source : Joy Harjo (2001). “A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales”, p.81, W. W. Norton & Company
“We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States.”

Source : "State of the Union" with John King, www.cnn.com. March 29, 2009.
“Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.”
“Beware of organizations that proclaim their devotion to the light without embracing, bowing to the dark; for when they idealize half the world they must devalue the rest.”

Source : Starhawk (2012). “Dreaming the Dark”, p.48, Beacon Press
“When everybody has access to an avalanche of information, becoming a master thinker is very important in your life-long security.”
“So for, you know, for a good 20 years now I've been involved with veterans and soldiers and in support of them no matter what they're doing.”
“Exchange the bad habit of worrying with the excellent habit of trusting God.”

Source : Elizabeth George (2009). “Breaking the Worry Habit...Forever!: God's Plan for Lasting Peace of Mind”, p.20, Harvest House Publishers
“Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me. Music education and families are dealing with the economic times, and I wanted to help them. If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.”

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