"I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis."

-- Harlan Coben

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“What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.”

Source : Jack Vance (2000). “Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)”, p.91, Macmillan
“Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia University, which is ironic isn't it? The guy who did all the coke winds up going to the White House, the guy who didn't do coke goes to Columbia.”
“There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.”

Source : Joyce Kilmer (1968). “Joyce Kilmer: Memoir and poems”
“Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.”
“Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.”

Source : "Quinn: Kick Chick out" by Candice M. Giove, nypost.com. July 29, 2012.
“Ordinary women attempt to change our bodies to resemble a pornographic ideal. Ordinary women construct a false self and come to hate this self.”
“Instead of asking for help, I just dig in and do everything myself.”

Source : Source: thecelebritycafe.com
“But you know what? When I die, everybody is invited to come take a selfie at my funeral. Except for my enemies. They're not invited to the funeral, period.”

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