"No one ever addresses the possibility that a writer might not like her book."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Emily Gould

#Book Quotes #Addresses Quotes #Might Quotes

“For all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.”
“It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.”
“I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused.”
“The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle. But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me. Have I done all to keep the air fresh? Have I cared enough about the water? Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom? Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?”
“Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.”

Source : Glen Campbell, Tom Carter (1994). “Rhinestone cowboy: an autobiography”
“Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.”

Source : Ken Follett (2008). “Hornet Flight”, p.351, Pan Macmillan
“I'm just living my life and I’m being the best mother that I can and showing that on Teen Mom because that's what that show is about.”
“If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences”

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