"Each of us has a private Austen."

--

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.1, Penguin

Karen Joy Fowler

“Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”
“You've got some 'Star-Spangled' nails in your coffin, kid. That's what they've done for you, son.”
“The feature of living matter that most demands explanation is that it is almost unimaginably complicated in directions that convey a powerful illusion of deliberate design.”
“A good traveller is one who knows how to travel with the mind.”
“I never tell my age because I hope I'll always be the new kid on the block.”
“I think the facts leave no doubt that the very mightiest among the chemical forces are of electric origin. The atoms cling to their electric charges, and opposite electric charges cling to each other.”
“Love is richest, most genuine, and most long lasting when you focus on being yourself and doing everything you can to make it possible for the other person to be him- or herself.”

Source : Mira Kirshenbaum (2005). “Everything Happens for a Reason: Finding the True Meaning of the Events in Our Lives”, p.160, Harmony
“When I was working at Teleflora, I got booked to do 'Talladega Nights,' so I went and did that. That was really my first big break ev-er. I made as much from my per diem during the three-month shoot as I did for the entire previous year.”

Source : Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. February 27, 2007.

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