"I want to be funny. When I first started writing, I didn't find my stories funny, but people kept saying they were. It kind of worried me; these are some pretty disturbing and sad pieces. Why do people think they're funny?"

-- Deb Olin Unferth

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about.”
“This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.”
“I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.”
“Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.”
“Scars are your body's way of healing, making that damaged part stronger than it ever was before the pain.”
“I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.”
“I try to take care of myself, and I lead a healthy lifestyle.”
“And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.”

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