"Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions of adults who emerge from this private geography."

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Carol Anshaw

#Voice Quotes #Seductive Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“You are God's dream with skin on”
“The problem I've always discovered in my own work when this kind of thing happens when you hit the wall is there's almost always a reason. You've almost always made a mistake in the initial conception of the project. You misapprehended something or you thought something would work and now you're three quarters on the way through and you see that it doesn't work.”
“Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving .”

Source : Kevin Cashman (2012). “The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward”, p.4, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“If you win all the time, you lose the drama in life. To make the happy moments happy, you need the sad moments too.”
“As you know, I'm androgynous. I can wear a jacket that most guys wouldn't put on. But you make it in guys' sizes, and suddenly they're wearing them. I think styles should get back to getting people to wear things that look so good that they don't care.”
“The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.”
“One can't learn much and also be comfortable One can't learn much and let anybody else be comfortable”

Source : Charles Fort (2014). “Wild Talents”, p.44, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“Their lost voices Must continue to be heard.”

Source : "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas". Book by John Boyne, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2006.

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