"The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling."

-- Leonard Michaels

#Song Quotes #Singing Quotes #Stories Quotes

“First off there is no question that LaDainian is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. His contributions off the field to the community of San Diego are as important as what he did on the field. What he did on the field was monumental.”
“Lay not the plummet to the line; religion hath no landmarks; no human keenness can discern the subtle shades of faith.”
“I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.”
“Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.”
“You're right . . . you can't go back. No matter how much you want to, you never can”
“Claude rubs the back of his neck and wrinkles his nose, about to tell me he was never sad. I believe this is called bravado and is not limited to lawyers, or even men, although that combination makes it almost unavoidable.”
“Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.”
“It took a lot of guts to change it and say 'I don't like the life that I'm living and I don't like the swimmer I am', so let's change it completely and say 'Look, I've got to learn to love myself'. And that's been a really hard thing to do because when you've done a performance that you're not proud of and the public and the media have criticized you.....people are really quick to make judgements so it was tough to say 'Well I don't care what you have to say. I'm going to do this for myself and if you don't like me after this, well then, it's too bad'.”

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