"Writing is a constant exercise in longing."

-- Isabel Allende

#Writing Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Longing Quotes

“I've always been attracted to the idea of ghosts being memories frozen in time, that a psychological haunting can be just as terrifying as a supernatural one.”
“The world clings to its old mental picture of the stock market because itâ€™s comforting; because itâ€™s so hard to draw a picture of what has replaced it; and because the few people able to draw it for you have no interest in doing so.”

Source : "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt". Book by Lewis Michael, March 31, 2014.
“I've long said that comic books are the modern equivalent of our Greek myths.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Some women have 'always' been lesbians. Others, like myself, have 'become' one. As much a sociocultural construction as it is an effect of early childhood experiences, sexual identity is nether innate nor simply acquired, but dynamically (re)structured by forms of fantasy private and public, conscious and unconscious, which are culturally available and historically specific.”
“No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it.”
“Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing â€” to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.”
“We could be putting the hammer in Luton's coffin”
“Iâ€™ll never retire as long as I liveâ€”thatâ€™s like retiring from life! Iâ€™ll never stop writing, teaching, lecturing. If youâ€™re in good health, living is exciting on its own.”

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