"I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new world, who's willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going."

-- Elizabeth Strout

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.”
“I hear so many of the young people today sing and I think they have a good voice, yet I wonder if they'll ever know that they sound alike.”
“We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.”
“In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes - and nonessential programs have been cut - to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.”
“When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.”
“Words have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbits and enter a wider magnetic field. No one owns them or has a proprietary right to dictate how they will be used.”

Source : David Lehman (1992). “Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man”, Poseidon Pr
“When it moved to Friday night it disappeared, when they find another show that can do what The Simpsons does, they will be delighted to do cancel The Simpsons.”
“The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise.”

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