"Never Mind Nirvana is the first novel Iâ€™ve read that makes music as important as food,Â clothing romance â€” a fresh twist millions will be able to identify with â€“ and the music ofÂ Lindquistâ€™s language is a perfect match for the subject. I think heâ€™s the writer to watch inÂ the new millennium."

-- Tama Janowitz

#Thinking Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Romance Quotes

“Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.”

Source : "Obama and the Legacy of Camelot" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 23, 2013.
“You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.”
“barfly n. You have the ability to talk to anyone which is an ability I do not share.”
“Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression.”
“It's true: Everyone needs a reason to stay alive -- someone who justifies your existence. Someone who loves you. Not beyond all reason. Just loves you. Even just shows an interest. Even someone who doesn't exist, or isn't yours. No, no! They don't even have to love you! They just have to be there to love! Target for your arrows. Magnetic Pole to drag on your compass needle and stop it spinning and tell you where you're heading and...Someone to soak up all the yearning. That's what I think.”
“I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.”
“Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to let it ruin my concentration. So I scooped it up with the corner of the phone book and popped it into the middle drawer of my desk. Out of sight, out of mind. So I have a problem with creepy, dead, poisonous things. So sue me.”
“Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.”

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