"I had a naïve idea that if I could tell the story, people would be outraged and do something about conditions in the jails."

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Patricia McConnell

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“I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return.”

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“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”
“It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.”
“Only the willing to suffer can conquer suffering.”
“How you go about moving within the world you live in says so much about who you are.”
“Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.”
“I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?”
“Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of budo, it is important to makehis whole life in training and therefore not aiming for skill and strength alone, but also for spiritual attainment.”

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