"Maybe it's the readers that make a book global."

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Maaza Mengiste

#Book Quotes #Reader Quotes

“I heard what you said. Iâ€™m not the silly romantic you think. I donâ€™t want the heavens or the shooting stars. I donâ€™t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I wantâ€¦a steady hand. A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want to love, and be loved.”

Source : Shana Abe (2006). “The Dream Thief”, p.183, Bantam
“Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.”
“I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian. I made card files. I had origin stories of all the characters, and cross-referenced when they appeared in other comic books. I was full on.”

Source : "'The Wolverine': New film cuts deep into Hugh Jackman hero" by Anthony Breznican, www.ew.com. January 08, 2013.
“He says every story has at least some truth in it, even if most are made up.”
“Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing up in and the kind of stimulus that is out there; they are so precious and I'd do anything to protect him”
“That's the only thing I feel like, "No, no, no, no - I know the way. I know the way. I know where you are and you need to come with me, and we need to take care of our skin."”

Source : "Grace And Frankie's June Diane Raphael on the joy of calling Donald Trump a 'little bitch'". Interview With Alex McLevy, tv.avclub.com. March 22, 2017.
“you are right where you should be / now act like it”

Source : Michelle Tea (2004). “The Beautiful: Collected Poems”, Manic d Press
“Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.”

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