"I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters. And that's where she allowed her fantasies to flourish. That's where she allowed her emotions to really evolve. And that's where she allowed herself to express herself really fully, and sometimes whimsically, very often romantically. And it really starts with her letters to her father, who is lifelong her primary love."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Blanche Wiesen Cook

#Father Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Our studies have shown that China's online censorship systems are by far the most sophisticated and extensive in the world.”
“It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.”
“What we gotta do is, we gotta figure out a way to reverse gravity, so that we all fall upward, through the clouds and sky, all the way to Heaven.”

Source : Justin Torres (2012). “We the Animals”, p.71, Granta Books
“The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.”
“When you've burned the bridges behind you, don't go starting a fire on the one in front of you.”

Source : Steven Erikson (2009). “Memories of Ice: (Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 3)”, p.953, Random House
“That complacency and that willingness to give yourself over to a larger power structure is how civilizations destroy themselves. And I just hope people wake up from the slumber they've willed themselves to. Because we're really in a dark place right now.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together.”
“I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.”

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