"With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth that the move to nonfiction didn't feel all that dramatic - just another half-step to the right."

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Debra Dean

#Moving Quotes #Historical Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“A life postponed too long might never be lived.”

Source : Joan Slonczewski (2000). “A Door Into Ocean”, p.119, Macmillan
“A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways.”
“All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.”
“I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.”

Source : "Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Talks THE THING and BULLET TO THE HEAD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 13, 2011.
“Delusion about history is a serious matter; it can gravely affect the history that is waiting to be made.”

Source : John Terraine (1980). “The smoke and the fire: myths and anti-myths of war, 1861-1945”, Sidgwick & Jackson
“And there was a real shedding of the old dogma, like boundaries of morality were being broken down and everybody was into the new party mode of just loving on each other. Which destroyed thousands of us. I lost 16 of my personal friends through that lifestyle.”
“There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.”
“My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.”

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