"One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs."

-- Andre Dubus

#Writing Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Drag Quotes

“For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones a lifetime is merely enough to share the love they've found.”
“Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss up.”
“Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds passage to the listener's soul, striking his or her heart and causing it to sing out; the human voice summons something profound from deep within, and can even compel a person into action.”
“I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it.”

Source : "Jennifer Lawrence Is Cheap Because She 'Was Raised To Have Value For Money'" by Aly Weisman, www.businessinsider.com. March 29, 2013.
“Instead of making a resolution to learn how to code in 2013, you might make a resolution to learn how to draw.”
“If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.”
“Could you please explain to me exactly what the staff is that you carry?" Cronus proudly held the symbol of his power and authority aloft. "It is the scepter that denotes my control of the Physical Realms. All who defy me should look on it and tremble." "Oh, I see! Do you know, I thought it was a giant toothpick, or perhaps something you shoved into other parts of you anatomy. I never realized it represented your supposed right to rule," said Her Vampiric Majesty lightly.”

Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #3: Last Battle of the Icemark”, p.357, Scholastic Inc.
“My music is very edgy and the energy is very raw, but I am also getting out this positive message without being a teacher. I don't want to hear anybody preach or teach things to me, especially when I was a kid. But there are messages that people are grabbing onto without me even realizing that they are messages.”

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