"Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity."

-- Edna Ferber

#Memorable Quotes #Writing Quotes #Serenity Quotes

“And the worst possible thing we could know â€” worse than knowing of our descent from a mass of microorganisms â€” is that we are nobodies not somebodies, puppets not people.”
“Once you read something, you can't erase it from your brain.”

Source : Lisa McMann (2010). “Gone”, p.187, Simon and Schuster
“Grunge was so self-consciously lowbrow and nonaspirational that it seemed, at first, impervious to the hype and glamour normally applied swiftly to any emerging trend. But sure enough, grunge anthems found their way onto the soundtracks of television commercials, and Dodge Neons were hawked by kids in flannel shirts saying, 'Whatever.'”
“Women were different, no doubt about it. Men broke so much more quickly. Grief didn't break women. Instead it wore them down, it hollowed them out very slowly.”
“If a mother or a caregiver does not have a job that pays a living wage and they cannot afford child care, that is unacceptable.”
“We want to make it socially, morally, politically and religiously unacceptable to have substandard housing and homelessness.”
“What smells so? Has somebody been burning a Rag, or is there a Dead Mule in the Back yard? No, the Man is Smoking a Five-Cent Cigar.”

Source : Eugene Field (1900). “The Tribune Primer”
“I'd like to see college debt levels drop by a lot, but I'm not quite sure what the best way to do that is.”

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