"In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference is that if that one person in a thousand is a man, we say, simply, that he is passionately keen on his job; if she is a woman, we say she is a freak."

-- Dorothy L. Sayers

#Jobs Quotes #Work Quotes #Men Quotes

“Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.”
“Warning signs that lover is bored: 1. Passionless kisses 2. Frequent sighing 3. Moved, left no forwarding address.”
“Spring is beautiful, and smells sweet. Spring is when you shake the curtains, and pound on the rugs, and take off your long underwear, and wash in all the corners.”

Source : Virginia Cary Hudson (1964). “O Ye Jigs & Juleps”
“My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.”
“My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation.”
“I remember how surprised I was when my first novel was about to be published and I was informed that I could be sued for anything any one of my characters said. 'But I often don't agree with what they say,' I protested. The lawyer was not interested in the clear distinction I make between my own voice and the voices of my characters. Neither, I have found, are many of my readers.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “Outlander: Short Stories and Essays”, p.213, Open Road Media
“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.”
“In Heaven all reviews will be favorable; here on earth, the publisher realizes, plausibility demands an occasional bad one, some convincing lump in all that leaven, and he accepts it somewhat as a theologian accepts Evil.”

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