"I want literature to open all the doors that I can't open by myself, and to allow me to see things that I wouldn't otherwise see."

--

Martha Ronk

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“I have been exposed to most musical genres and have learned how to tackle them effectively.”
“I wish the whole day were like breakfast, when people are still connected to their dreams, focused inward, and not yet ready to engage with the world around them. I realized this is how I am all day; for me, unlike other people, there doesn't come a moment after a cup of coffee or a shower or whatever when I suddenly feel alive and awake and connected to the world. If it were always breakfast, I would be fine.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.85, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
“What are Americans still buying? Big Macs,Campbell's soup,Hershey's chocolate and Spam--the four food groups of the apocalypse.”

Source : "Herbert Hoover Lives" by Frank Rich, www.nytimes.com. January 31, 2009.
“I'm the kind of person who always likes to be doing something.”
“Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.”
“Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone.”
“Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.”
“The guys that write Once Upon a Time were major writers on Lost, and we had lunch when I started on OUAT and the first thing I said to them was, "I spent five years on Lost, you have to tell me, was my character good or bad?" They looked at me and said, "We have no idea." That's why you have to make your own backstory. I decided Widmore was the evilest of the evil, but in the end, not even the writers knew.”

Source : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.

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