"Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us."

-- Patricia Reilly Giff

#Writing Quotes #Talking Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together”
“I've elected to age gracefully.”
“Goals are to be set clear without frills. Do not be deterred and take reality as it is, not as it should be.”
“but nothing can be taken back, not the leaves by the trees, the rain by the clouds. You want to take back the ugly thing you said, but some shrapnel remains in the wound, some mud.”

Source : Dean Young (2007). “Embryoyo”, McSweeneys Books
“(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and LEAN into the curves, etc), and used a small circular needle (socks and mittens) in order to keep the knitting in her pocket until they were under way; then she leaned back slightly so Gaffer couldn't feel the movement of her hands. On the interstate one day, they were slowly passing a semi and my father happened to see the truck driver laugh and point out my mother's knitting to his passenger. Whoops-”
“If every other store in town is paying workers $9 an hour, one offering $8 will find it hard to hire anyone - perhaps not when unemployment is high, but certainly in normal times. Robust competition is a powerful force helping to ensure that workers are paid what they contribute to their employers' bottom lines.”
“We are the shadow cast by real people. And that shadow changes shape as the news cycle changes shape, so you always have fresh dirt to dig in.”
“I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.”

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