"Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary."

-- Elmore Leonard

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Verbs Quotes

“Every day of my life I walk with the idea I am black no matter how successful I am.”
“If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way: Will we ultimately produce something approaching a masterpiece, an acceptable but not particularly memorable work of art, or a creation that wouldn't even be purchased at a yard sale?”
“What we mean by Tao is the way or course of Nature. This way has nothing good or bad, it is a mere flowing of things following the development and decline attributes of the moment.”
“Prejudice is a disease. So is fashion. But I will not wear prejudice”
“Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.”

Source : Patricia A. McKillip (1979). “Riddle of Stars”
“A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.”

Source : "The Upside of Turning 60" by Diane Keaton, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2006.
“Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.”
“The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.”

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