"You do a lot of concatenating when you're an Oulipian"

-- Daniel Levin Becker

“Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.”
“I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile,”
“I'm a total ho for any writing workshop, any technique from anyone.”
“Trust is the highest form of human motivation.”
“All students need to know about color is the basic color wheel and complimentary colors. There are many books on color theory; do not waste your time and money.”
“Matrimony is the only game of chance the clergy favor.”
“I'm a quiet person, I'm not a flashy art world person. I'm in the studio in the middle of nowhere. There's sheep and fields. The work has to be authentic in that way.”
“Hating requires caring. In which case, I couldn't possibly hate you.”

Source : Alyson Noel (2010). “Blue Moon”, p.61, Pan Macmillan

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