"I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.”
“He [Ma's Tooth] was part of her a minute ago but now he's not. Just a thing.”

Source : Emma Donoghue (2015). “Room: Picador Classic”, p.55, Pan Macmillan
“If I could, I would have my son on tour the whole time. But he has school, summer camp, and he has to see his mother.”
“Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon - and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank - and Gaza in particular.”

Source : "IAEA Chief: Israel the Real Rogue Nuclear State". glossynews.com. October 08, 2009.
“College is about three things: homework, fun, and sleep...but you can only choose two.”
“You are to have implicit confidence in your own ability, knowing that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself in your health and affairs, knowing that you are the thinker.”
“Often I am struck in amazement about a word: I suddenly realize that the complete arbitrariness of our language is but a part of the arbitrariness of our own world in general.”
“Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.”

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