"There were some particular themes that I knew I wanted to hit, and when I got deeper into the project I found that it was becoming serious in and on its own. By the end, it's not very funny at all. I think, now, that part of the power of the book is that the jokes are kind of sparkly distractions."

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Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.

Moshe Kasher

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom, the work is likely to sprawl.”
“We are all human beings with our own little knick-knacks and ways of doing things.”
“For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And theyâ€™re seen as kind, benevolent creatures. Funny. Every fairy tale Iâ€™d ever heard involving dragons starred daring knights trotting off to kill said dragons. Probably the real reason every time East meets West they get pissed off and throw tea in our faces.”

Source : Jennifer Rardin (2011). “Another One Bites The Dust: Book two in the Jaz Parks sequence”, p.33, Hachette UK
“Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.”
“Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market cart into a chariot of the sun.”
“What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.”

Source : Debbi Fields, Alan Furst (1987). “"One smart cookie": how a housewife's chocolate chip recipe turned into a multimillion-dollar business--the story of Mrs. Fields cookies”, Simon & Schuster
“Always try to innovate. If you lose your old fitness, you lose out to Bose-Einstein condensation. I am sure that companies that go under would feel better if they knew that they were victims of Bose-Einstein condensation.”
“Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.”

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