"I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, 'Oh, that's chick-lit.' You say, 'Okay.' But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand."

-- Sophie Kinsella

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.”
“We're all crazy. What's your specific form of crazy?”

Source : Sarah Mlynowski (2011). “Ten Things We Shouldn't Have Done”, p.153, Hachette UK
“The essence of good manners consists in making it clear that one has no wish to hurt. When it is clearly necessary to hurt, it must be done in such a way as to make it evident that the necessity is felt to be regrettable.”
“Botox? I think it's fantastic and also horrible.”
“I began to wonder why we cuddle some animals and put a fork in others.”
“We [the Government] are here not as masters but as servants, we are not here to glory in power, but to attest our loyalty to the commands and restrictions laid down by our sovereign, the people of the United States, in whose name and by whose will we exercise our brief authority.”
“What's more, sharia finance is another tool of Islamic separatism; instead of assimilating into American society, Muslims are demanding, and receiving, parallel financial institutions that reinforce the idea that they are unique, not subject to the laws and norms to which the rest of us are subject-a privileged class. At the same time, sharia finance initiatives are giving Islamic interests increased control over Western economic life.”

Source : Robert Spencer (2008). “Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs”, p.185, Regnery Publishing
“Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?”

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