"People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, people - rather than quilts or quilting."

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Source : Jennifer Chiaverini (2011). “The Quilter's Legacy: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel”, p.321, Simon and Schuster

Jennifer Chiaverini

#Quilts Quotes #Book Quotes #People Quotes

“The child is really an artist, and the artist should be like a child, but he should not stay a child. He must become an artist. That means he cannot permit himself to become sentimental or something like that. He must know what he is doing”
“Diets are essentially traning courses in how to feel fat and feel like a failure”
“As we help others, we cannot help but help ourselves.”
“Marriage is two imperfect people committing themselves to a perfect institution, by making perfect vows from imperfect lips before a perfect God.”
“Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.”
“I'm bi everything; sexual, coastal, political, controversial. I think if you find your comfortable sexual preference then that's excellent. Everybody knows that I'm a huge fan of gay men and drag queens and would not be who I am today without their help, support and make-up tips.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Writing directly from a feeling of anger or sadness is difficult, but if you distract part of your brain with word games, the ignored emotion often tiptoes in.”
“Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.”

Source : "Jarvis Cocker: 'Music has changed. It's not as central, it's more like a scented candle'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2011.

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