"What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to."

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Source : "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

Lisa Gardner

#Fun Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.”
“As Australians, we must not leave our children worse off. Thatâ€™s not fair. That is not our way.”

Source : "Budget 2014: Joe Hockey's speech and reaction - as it happened" by Katharine Murphy, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2014.
“How could you possibly know that no religion can see the whole truth unless you yourself have the superior, comprehensive knowledge of spiritual reality you just claimed non of the religions have?”
“To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2008). “Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel”, p.366, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I want to be that counted-on guy to score goals.”
“People sometimes forget when you remember, but they always remember when you forget.”
“I don't know if I'll ever do it again or not, but frankly I don't really care.”
“A prayerful life is not a life in which we say many prayers, but a life in which nothing, absolutely nothing, is done, said, or understood independently of him who is the origin and purpose of our existence.”

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