"If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited."

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Source : Stef Penney (2008). “The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel”, p.387, Simon and Schuster

Stef Penney

#Would Be Quotes #Stuck Quotes #Novel Quotes

“There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.”

Source : Sandy Koufax, Edward Linn (1966). “Koufax”
“I grew up around so many beautiful things. My mother's jewelry and purses - they're very much statement pieces. Again, that sort of over-the-top Russian thing where it looks like treasure. I always say to my husband, you don't ever have to get me another piece of jewelry. When your mother is this amazing woman, a North Star, sometimes you want a simpler presentation of yourself.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Teaching others, he corrected himself.”
“Then let us have our libertyagain, And challenge to yourselves no sovereignty. You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against your cruelty; Your fault being greater, why should you disdain Our being your equals, free from tyranny?”

Source : 1611 Salve Deus Ex Judaeorum,'Eve's Apology in Defense of Women'.
“On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.”
“For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been engaged in the investigation of the fundamentals of life, the material universe and human behavior. Such an adventure leads one down many highways, through many byroads, into many back alleys of uncertainty, through many strata of lifeâ€¦”
“We have a responsibility to carry the baton of faith to the next generation.”
“I pulled Lena's necklace out of my pocket. I let the charms roll around in my palm, but they were tangled and meaningless without her. The necklace was heavier than I imagined, or maybe it was the weight of my conscience.”

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