"My head was a condemned church with a ceiling of bats, but I swung from this dark mood to euphoria when I thought about leaving."

--

Dave Eggers

#Dark Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Church Quotes

“Aunt Lovey used to tell me that if I wanted to be a writer, I needed a writer's voice. 'Read,' she'd say, 'and if you have a writer's voice, one day it will shout out, 'I can do that too!”

Source : Lori Lansens (2009). “The Girls”, p.6, Vintage Canada
“Horror writers are specialists in the worst case scenario”
“I definitely want kids and I want four kids, for sure. But I need to find a husband first!”
“Fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
“There have been lots and lots of fatwas against violence. But it is an interesting question. A Mufti is the person that issues the fatwa and you'll find Muftis at all the Madrasas. Basically once you've studied for long enough you have the authority to issue a fatwa. But there are limits. I can bang on and on on the point but all I'm really saying is that there isn't a simple answer.”
“I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody. I couldn't open letters. I had to be escorted. In fact, just recently I went to a funeral, Calvin Wardlaw, who was the detective -- the policeman -- with me for two years, passed away just recently. He and I got to be bosom buddies really, but that was the hardest part. I wasn't able to enjoy -- you know.”
“Dance has a transformative effect on bodily trauma.”
“I'm Southern. I like big hair and eyeliner”

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